| Player | Matches | Inns | Wickets | BBI | Avg | 5W/10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson (ENG) | 39 | 73 | 149 | 5/20 | 25.47 | 6/0 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin (IND) | 24 | 45 | 114 | 6/55 | 27.72 | 8/1 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar (IND) | 23 | 38 | 95 | 8/79 | 27.27 | 8/0 |
| Anil Kumble (IND) | 19 | 36 | 92 | 7/115 | 30.59 | 4/1 |
| Bishan Singh Bedi (IND) | 22 | 36 | 85 | 6/71 | 29.87 | 4/0 |
| Kapil Dev (IND) | 27 | 48 | 85 | 6/91 | 37.34 | 4/0 |
| Stuart Broad (ENG) | 24 | 43 | 74 | 6/25 | 28.51 | 2/0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja (IND) | 22 | 41 | 72 | 7/48 | 35.58 | 2/1 |
| Ishant Sharma (IND) | 23 | 37 | 67 | 7/74 | 32.40 | 2/0 |
| Jasprit Bumrah (IND) | 15 | 28 | 65 | 6/45 | 22.61 | 4/0 |
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Key Insights
James Anderson has taken the most wickets in India versus England Tests. The right-arm seamer bagged 149 scalps in 73 innings at an average of 25.47. Check where he stands in the overall Test wicket-takers list.
105 of those wickets have come in the seamer-friendly English conditions. This is the most wickets by a bowler in India-England Tests held in England.
Ravichandran Ashwin leads the chart in India. The off-spinner fetched 100 wickets in 36 innings.
Ashwin’s tally includes eight five-wicket hauls, the joint-most in India vs England Tests. Bhagwath Chandrasekhar is the other bowler with eight five-fors.
Alec Bedser is the only bowler with multiple ten-wicket match hauls in India versus England Tests. Interestingly, he returned with 11 wickets each in the back-to-back Lord’s and Manchester Tests in 1946.
Bedser has also recorded the best bowling average. He took 44 wickets in 12 innings at an average of 13.11 (minimum 40 wickets). Bedser’s strike rate of 42 is only bettered by Fred Trueman. He struck at 33.6 while picking 53 wickets in 17 innings.
Trueman’s 8 for 31 (Manchester, 1952) is the best bowling figure in an innings. Vinoo Mankad (8/55) and Chandrasekhar (8/79) are the other bowlers with eight scalps in an innings.
Ian Botham’s 13 for 106 is the best match figure in India vs England Tests. He picked up six wickets in the first innings and added seven more in the 1980 Wankhede Test.
Chandrasekhar’s 35 wickets in the 1972/73 series are the most in an India-England Test series. Mankad (34 in 1951/52) and Ashwin (32 in 2021) are the other bowlers with 30-plus wickets in a series. Surprisingly, no English bowler has taken 30 wickets.
