Indian bowlers who have captured 100 plus wickets on home soil – R Ashwin is the new entrant to the elite list

Indian bowlers who have captured 100 plus wickets on home soil – R Ashwin is the new entrant to the elite list

R Ashwin of India achieved two milestones when he captured five for 51 against South Africa at Mohali in the just concluded test.

He completed 100 wickets on home soil to become the tenth Indian bowler to capture 100 plus wickets at home. EAS Prasanna and S Venkataraghavan are not in this elite list as they failed to qualify and they were shy of the land mark by five and six wickets respectively. The following table lists out all such bowlers

No Player home Mat Inns Overs R W BBI BBM Ave 5 10
1 A Kumble home 63 115 3465.2 8710 350 10/74 14/149 24.88 25 7
2 Harbhajan Singh home 55 103 2831.3 7624 265 8/84 15/217 28.76 18 4
3 N Kapil Dev home 65 119 2035.1 5803 219 9/83 11/146 26.49 11 2
4 BS Chandrasekhar home 32 55 1530.5 3933 142 8/79 11/235 27.69 8 1
5 BS Bedi home 30 54 1731.5 3287 137 7/98 9/70 23.99 8 0
6 J Srinath home 32 57 1005.0 2874 108 8/86 13/132 26.61 5 1
7 Z Khan home 38 70 1218.1 3731 104 5/72 8/137 35.87 3 0
8 MH Mankad home 23 38 1294.3 2733 103 8/52 13/131 26.53 4 2
9 R Ashwin home 16 32 847.3 2382 103 7/103 12/85 23.12 10 2
10 PP Ojha home 20 40 1070.1 2779 101 6/47 10/89 27.51 7 1
                         
1 EAS Prasanna home 22 41 1115.3 2560 95 6/74 10/174 26.94 5 1
2 S Venkataraghavan home 32 55 1379.1 2881 94 8/72 12/152 30.64 2 1

R Ashwin’s five for 51 in this test provides the tenth five wicket haul at home. He became the fourth Indian bowler to capture five or more wickets in an innings on ten or more occasions.  Others are A Kumble {25}, Harbhajan Singh {18} and N Kapil Dev {11}

No Player home Mat Inns Overs R W BBI BBM Ave 5 10
1 A Kumble home 63 115 3465.2 8710 350 10/74 14/149 24.88 25 7
2 Harbhajan Singh home 55 103 2831.3 7624 265 8/84 15/217 28.76 18 4
3 N Kapil Dev home 65 119 2035.1 5803 219 9/83 11/146 26.49 11 2
4 R Ashwin home 16 32 847.3 2382 103 7/103 12/85 23.12 10 2

 

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