I Sharma captured his  250^th wicket in tests when he had England captain JE Root leg before the wicket for 4 in England’s first innings in the ongoing test against India at Southampton. At the end of the first day’s play, his tally read 251 wickets. I  Sharma became the seventh Indian bowler to capture 250 plus test wickets. All such occasions  are listed below

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	A Kumble	132	236	40850	18355	619	10/74	14/149	29.65	35	8
2	N Kapil Dev	131	227	27740	12867	434	09/83	11/146	29.64	23	2
3	Harbhajan Singh	103	190	28580	13537	417	08/84	15/217	32.46	25	5
4	R Ashwin	062	115	17248	08286	326	07/59	13/140	25.41	26	7
5	Z Khan	092	165	18785	10247	311	07/87	10/149	32.94	11	1
6	BS Bedi	067	118	21364	07637	266	07/98	10/194	28.71	14	1
7	I Sharma	086	152	16254	08782	251	07/74	10/108	34.98	08	1

I Sharma became the third Indian pace bowler to capture 250 plus test wickets after N Kapil Dev and Z Khan. The performance of these three bowlers is furnished below.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	N Kapil Dev	131	227	27740	12867	434	09/83	11/146	29.64	23	2
2	Z Khan	092	165	18785	10247	311	07/87	10/149	32.94	11	1
3	I Sharma	086	152	16254	08782	251	07/74	10/108	34.98	08	1