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KC Brathwaite of West Indies captured six wickets conceding 29 runs in the ongoing second at the Sara Oval against Sri Lanka to provide the 99^th occasion of a West Indian bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings against various oppositions. He also became the second West Indian bowler to capture six or more wickets in an innings against Sri Lanka after CD Collymore. CD Collymore had taken seven wickets conceding 57 runs at Kingston in Jun 2003. The following table lists the performance  of these two bowlers

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	CD Collymore	16.0	2	57	7	3	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003
2	KC Brathwaite	11.3	4	29	6	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	22 Oct 2015

KC Brathwaite of West Indies captured six wickets conceding 29 runs in the ongoing second at the Sara Oval against Sri Lanka to provide the eighth occasion of a West Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings against Sri Lanka. The eight bowlers list is tabulated below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	CEL Ambrose	13.1	3	37	5	1	v Sri Lanka	St John’s	13 Jun 1997
2	CL Hooper	13.4	5	26	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Kingstown	20 Jun 1997
3	CD Collymore	29.0	5	66	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003
4	FH Edwards	15.4	1	36	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003
5	CD Collymore	16.0	2	57	7	3	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003
6	DBL Powell	13.1	4	25	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Jul 2005
7	KAJ Roach	28.2	5	100	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	23 Nov 2010
8	KC Brathwaite	11.3	4	29	6	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	22 Oct 2015

 

D Ramdin’s aggregate of catches at the end of the third day of the ongoing test against Sri Lanka at Sara Oval read 202. He became the 13^th wicket keeper to pouch 200 plus catches in the annals of test cricket. The complete list is furnished below

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St
1	MV Boucher	SAF	147	281	555	532	23
2	AC Gilchrist	Aus	96	191	416	379	37
3	IA Healy	Aus	119	224	395	366	29
4	RW Marsh	Aus	96	182	355	343	12
5	PJL Dujon	Win	79	150	270	265	05
6	BJ Haddin	Aus	66	128	270	262	08
7	MS Dhoni	Ind	90	166	294	256	38
8	APE Knott	Eng	95	174	269	250	19
9	MJ Prior	Eng	79	146	256	243	13
10	AJ Stewart	Eng	82	141	241	227	14
11	RD Jacobs	Win	65	122	219	207	12
12	D Ramdin	Win	71	127	213	202	11
13	Wasim Bari	Pak	81	146	228	201	27

D Ramdin became the third West Indian wicket keeper to pouch 200 plus catches after PJL Dujon and RD Jacobs. PJL Dujon has pouched 265 catches while RD Jacobs has puched 207 catches

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St
1	PJL Dujon	Win	79	150	270	265	5
2	RD Jacobs	Win	65	122	219	207	12
3	D Ramdin	Win	71	127	213	202	11

The following tables furnish the career summary of D Ramdin – against each opposition and  his performance under each captain he has played.

CAREER SUMMARY
Opponents	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St
v Australia	11	21	38	37	1
v Bangladesh	4	8	20	20	0
v England	17	30	43	40	3
v India	6	9	12	10	2
v New Zealand	13	23	41	40	1
v Pakistan	3	6	10	9	1
v South Africa	9	15	20	18	2
v Sri Lanka	6	11	26	25	1
v Zimbabwe	2	4	3	3	0
Total	71	127	213	202	11
UNDER VARIOUS CAPTAINS
Opponents	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St
*DJ Bravo	1	1	1	1	0
*S Chanderpaul	8	14	21	21	0
*D Ganga	2	4	7	7	0
*CH Gayle	20	37	59	58	1
*JO Holder	2	3	9	8	1
*BC Lara	7	13	18	17	1
*D Ramdin	13	24	43	38	5
*DJG Sammy	14	24	39	37	2
*RR Sarwan	4	7	16	15	1
Total	71	127	213	202	11

 

AN Cook’s 263 against Pakistan in the just concluded test at Abu Dhabi represent his third double century as an opening batsman in a test innings. He earned the distinction of becoming the eleventh opening batsman to score three or more double centuries in the annals of test cricket.

Sri Lanka’s MS Atapattu and India’s V Sehwag jointly share the record for most double centuries by an opener in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists the eleven batsman who have scored three or more double centuries in test cricket

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	200s	50	0
1	MS Atapattu	Srl	6	6	3	1297	249	432.33	6	0	0
2	V Sehwag	Ind	6	6	1	1577	319	315.40	6	0	0
3	GC Smith	SAF	5	5	0	1202	277	240.40	5	0	0
4	CG Greenidge	Win	4	4	1	876	226	292.00	4	0	0
5	L Hutton	Eng	4	4	1	977	364	325.66	4	0	0
6	AN Cook	Eng	3	3	1	792	294	396.00	3	0	0
7	SM Gavaskar	Ind	3	3	0	646	221	215.33	3	0	0
8	CH Gayle	Win	3	3	0	854	333	284.66	3	0	0
9	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	3	3	0	806	340	268.66	3	0	0
10	G Kirsten	SAF	3	3	0	705	275	235.00	3	0	0
11	RB Simpson	Aus	3	3	0	737	311	245.66	3	0	0

 

AN Cook scored 263 against Pakistan in the just concluded test at Abu Dhabi to provide the 109^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a double century in a test innings. It also provides the 17^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a double century in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Hobbs	211	2	v South Africa	Lord’s	28 Jun 1924
2	A Sandham	325	1	v West Indies	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
3	L Hutton	364	1	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
4	L Hutton	206	2	v New Zealand	The Oval	13 Aug 1949
5	L Hutton	202*	2	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
6	L Hutton	205	2	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954
7	JH Edrich	310*	1	v New Zealand	Leeds	08 Jul 1965
8	G Boycott	246*	1	v India	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
9	DL Amiss	262*	3	v West Indies	Kingston	16 Feb 1974
10	D Lloyd	214*	2	v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974
11	DL Amiss	203	2	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1976
12	G Fowler	201	2	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985
13	GA Gooch	333	1	v India	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
14	ME Trescothick	219	2	v South Africa	The Oval	04 Sep 2003
15	AN Cook	235*	3	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
16	AN Cook	294	2	v India	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
17	AN Cook	263	2	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015

AN Cook’s 263 was his third double century as an opening batsman in his test career. L Hutton with four double centuries holds the record for most double centuries by an England opening batsman. The performance of these two batsmen are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	L Hutton	364	1	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
2	L Hutton	206	2	v New Zealand	The Oval	13 Aug 1949
3	L Hutton	202*	2	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
4	L Hutton	205	2	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954
1	AN Cook	235*	3	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
2	AN Cook	294	2	v India	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
3	AN Cook	263	2	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015

 

Shoaib Malik of Pakistan scored 245 and duck in the just concluded test against England at Abu Dhabi to provide the sixth occasion of a batsman scoring a double hundred and a duck in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

Shoib Malik’s 245 is the highest score among the six batsman who have scored a double hundred and a duck. The previous best was RT Ponting’s 242 against India at Adelaide in Dec 2003

No	Player	1st	2nd	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	AD Nourse	0	231	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935
2	Imtiaz Ahmed	209	0	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	26 Oct 1955
3	SM Nurse	201	0	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
4	IVA Richards	208	0	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1984
5	RT Ponting	242	0	Australia	v India	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
6	Shoaib Malik	245	0	Pakistan	v England	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015

Shoaib Malik became the second Pakistan batsman to score a double hundred and a duck in a test. Imtiaz Ahmed had scored 209 and a duck against New Zealand at Lahore in October 1955. It took exactly 60 years to repeat the feat of Imtiaz Ahmed by another Pakistan batsman in this category of statistics. Imtiaz Ahmed’s feat was on Oct 2055, while Shoaib Malik’s feat was in Oct 2015

No	Player	1st	2nd	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Imtiaz Ahmed	209	0	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	26 Oct 1955
2	Shoaib Malik	245	0	Pakistan	v England	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015

Of the six occasions listed above, on only one occasion, a batsman scored a duck in the first innings and a double hundred in the second innings. AD Nourse of South Africa scored a duck and 231 against Australia at Johannesburg in Dec 1935. On the remaining five occasions, the batsmen have scored a double hundred in the first innings and a duck in the second innings

West Indies and Pakistan batsmen have performed the feat on two occasions – SM Nourse-IVA Richards for West Indies and Imtiaz Ahmed-Shoaib Malik for Pakistan. The performance of these four batsmen are listed below

No	Player	1st	2nd	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Imtiaz Ahmed	209	0	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	26 Oct 1955
2	Shoaib Malik	245	0	Pakistan	v England	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
1	SM Nurse	201	0	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
2	IVA Richards	208	0	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1984

 

Shoaib Malik of Pakistan and AN Cook of England scored 245 and 263 respectively in the just concluded test at Abu Dhabi to provide the 23^rd occasion of rival batsmen scoring double hundreds in a test. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	A Sandham	325	1	Eng	Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
	2	GA Headley	223	4	Win	Eng	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
2	1	E Paynter	216*	1	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
	2	SJ McCabe	232	2	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
3	1	WR Hammond	240	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
	2	WA Brown	206*	2	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
4	1	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
	2	KF Barrington	256	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
5	1	WM Lawry	210	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
	2	RB Simpson	201	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
	3	SM Nurse	201	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
6	1	LG Rowe	214	1	Win	NZl	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
	2	GM Turner	223*	2	NZl	Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
7	1	IVA Richards	291	1	Win	Eng	The Oval	12 Aug 1976
	2	DL Amiss	203	2	Eng	Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1976
8	1	GS Chappell	235	1	Aus	Pak	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
	2	Taslim Arif	210*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
9	1	SV Manjrekar	218	1	Ind	Pak	Lahore	01 Dec 1989
	2	Shoaib Mohammad	203*	2	Pak	Ind	Lahore	01 Dec 1989
10	1	PA de Silva	267	2	Srl	NZl	Wellington	31 Jan 1991
	2	MD Crowe	299	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	31 Jan 1991
11	1	SR Tendulkar	201*	1	Ind	Zim	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000
	2	A Flower	232*	3	Zim	Ind	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000
12	1	MS Sinclair	204*	1	NZl	Pak	Christchurch	15 Mar 2001
	2	Mohammad Yousuf	203	2	Pak	NZl	Christchurch	15 Mar 2001
13	1	BC Lara	221	1	Win	Srl	Col-SSC	29 Nov 2001
	2	HP Tillakaratne	204*	2	Srl	Win	Col-SSC	29 Nov 2001
14	1	GP Thorpe	200*	3	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002
	2	NJ Astle	222	4	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002
15	1	RT Ponting	242	1	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
	2	R Dravid	233	2	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
16	1	Younis Khan	267	1	Pak	Ind	Bangalore	24 Mar 2005
	2	V Sehwag	201	2	Ind	Pak	Bangalore	24 Mar 2005
17	1	DPMD Jayawardene	240	1	Srl	Pak	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
	2	TT Samaraweera	231	1	Srl	Pak	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
	3	Younis Khan	313	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
18	1	KC Sangakkara	219	1	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
	2	SR Tendulkar	203	2	Ind	Srl	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
19	1	Taufeeq Umar	236	2	Pak	Srl	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011
	2	KC Sangakkara	211	3	Srl	Pak	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011
20	1	LRPL Taylor	217*	1	NZl	Win	Dunedin	03 Dec 2013
	2	DM Bravo	218	3	Win	NZl	Dunedin	03 Dec 2013
21	1	KC Sangakkara	203	2	Srl	NZl	Wellington	03 Jan 2015
	2	KS Williamson	242*	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	03 Jan 2015
22	1	Mohammad Hafeez	224	2	Pak	Ban	Khulna	28 Apr 2015
	2	Tamim Iqbal	206	3	Ban	Pak	Khulna	28 Apr 2015
23	1	Shoaib Malik	245	1	Pak	Eng	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
	2	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015

 

Apart from the captioned 23 occasions, there are 15 occasion of two batsmen scoring double hundreds in a test innings which are listed below. This list is a part of this article under the criteria to two batsmen scoring hundreds in a test match.

 

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	WH Ponsford	266	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
	2	DG Bradman	244	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
2	1	SG Barnes	234	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
	2	DG Bradman	234	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
3	1	CC Hunte	260	2	Win	Pak	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
	2	GS Sobers	365*	2	Win	Pak	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
4	1	WM Lawry	210	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
	2	RB Simpson	201	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
5	1	Mudassar Nazar	231	1	Pak	Ind	Hyd-Pak	14 Jan 1983
	2	Javed Miandad	280*	1	Pak	Ind	Hyd-Pak	14 Jan 1983
6	1	G Fowler	201	2	Eng	Ind	Chennai	13 Jan 1985
	2	MW Gatting	207	2	Eng	Ind	Chennai	13 Jan 1985
7	1	Qasim Umar	206	2	Pak	Srl	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1985
	2	Javed Miandad	203*	2	Pak	Srl	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1985
8	1	ST Jayasuriya	340	2	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
	2	RS Mahanama	225	2	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
9	1	Ijaz Ahmed	211	2	Pak	Srl	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999
	2	Inzamam-ul-Haq	200*	2	Pak	Srl	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999
10	1	MS Atapattu	249	2	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
	2	KC Sangakkara	270	2	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
11	1	WW Hinds	213	1	Win	SAF	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005
	2	S Chanderpaul	203*	1	Win	SAF	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005
12	1	KC Sangakkara	287	2	Srl	SAF	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
	2	DPMD Jayawardene	374	2	Srl	SAF	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
13	1	ND McKenzie	226	1	SAF	Ban	Chittagong	29 Feb 2008
	2	GC Smith	232	1	SAF	Ban	Chittagong	29 Feb 2008
14	1	G Gambhir	206	1	Ind	Aus	Delhi	29 Oct 2008
	2	VVS Laxman	200*	1	Ind	Aus	Delhi	29 Oct 2008
15	1	DPMD Jayawardene	240	1	Srl	Pak	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
	2	TT Samaraweera	231	1	Srl	Pak	Karachi	21 Feb 2009

 

Apart from the captioned 23 occasions of rival batsmen scoring double hundreds in a test and 15 occasions of two batsmen scoring double hundreds in a test innings, there are two occasions of three batsmen scoring hundreds in a test which are listed below. This list is a part of this article under the criteria to two or more batsmen scoring hundreds in a test match.

 

This list contains two occasions of two batsmen scoring hundreds in a test innings, which are included in the list of 15 occasions.

 

This list contains two occasions of two batsmen scoring hundreds in a test innings and also a rival batsmen scoring hundred in the same test which are included in the list of 23 occasions.

 

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	WM Lawry	210	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
	2	RB Simpson	201	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
	3	SM Nurse	201	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
2	1	DPMD Jayawardene	240	1	Srl	Pak	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
	2	TT Samaraweera	231	1	Srl	Pak	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
	3	Younis Khan	313	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	21 Feb 2009

 

Younis Khan became the Pakistan’s highest run getter in tests. His aggregate read 8852 at the end of the first day of the test between Pakistan and England at Abu Dhabhi. He went past Javed Miandad’s 8832 runs. The following table lists the performance of these two cricketers.

CAREER SUMMARY – YOUNIS KHAN
Opponents	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	SR	100	50
v Australia	8	16	1	850	213	53.02	3	3
v Bangladesh	7	10	2	638	200*	62.85	3	0
v England	11	19	0	822	173	55.05	2	3
v India	9	17	2	1321	267	58.78	5	4
v New Zealand	9	15	2	733	149*	59.69	2	4
v South Africa	14	28	3	990	131*	48.22	4	2
v Sri Lanka	29	48	4	2286	313	50.85	8	6
v West Indies	10	19	1	701	153	48.74	2	4
v Zimbabwe	5	9	2	511	200*	41.41	1	3
Total	102	181	17	8852	313	52.67	30	29
CAREER SUMMARY – JAVED MIANDAD
Opponents	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	F
v Australia	25	40	2	1797	211	47.28	6	7
v England	22	32	6	1329	260	51.11	2	9
v India	28	39	6	2228	280*	67.51	5	14
v New Zealand	18	29	5	1919	271	79.95	7	6
v Sri Lanka	12	16	2	582	203*	41.57	1	2
v West Indies	16	28	0	834	114	29.78	2	4
v Zimbabwe	3	5	0	143	70	28.60	0	1
Total	124	189	21	8832	280*	52.57	23	43

 

 

 

R Ashwin of India is all set to achieve a rare distinction which no bowler has achieved in the 19^th century and also in the 20^th century. Opening the bowling attack as spinner he has an aggregate of 45 wickets as at the end of the just concluded away test series against Sri Lanka. Five more wickets would fetch him an aggregate of 50 wickets. He would then become the fifth bowler to aggregate  50 plus wickets while opening the bowling attack as a spin bowler and achieved the coveted distinction of becoming the first bowlers from 1900 onwards to total 50 plus wickets under this category of statistics. The following table lists the bowler who have captured 45  wickets.

No	Player	Team	Span	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	H Trumble	Aus	1893-1904	15	25	4291	1512	93	8/65	12/089	16.25	8	3
2	R Peel	Eng	1884-1896	17	31	4361	1520	88	7/31	11/068	17.27	4	1
3	C Blythe	Eng	1902-1910	13	24	3241	1319	74	8/59	15/099	17.82	8	4
4	GE Palmer	Aus	1880-1885	11	19	3347	1204	62	7/65	11/165	19.41	5	2
5	W Rhodes	Eng	1899-1908	9	16	1766	784	48	8/68	15/124	16.33	3	1
6	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2015	12	14	1744	967	45	6/47	12/198	21.48	5

One more little specification with the above classification – replacing spin bowler – with right arm spin bowler – would redefine the list further. The list would reduce to three bowlers.

No	Player	Team	Span	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	H Trumble	Aus	1893-1904	15	25	4291	1512	93	8/65	12/089	16.25	8	3
2	GE Palmer	Aus	1880-1885	11	19	3347	1204	62	7/65	11/165	19.41	5	2
3	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2015	12	14	1744	967	45	6/47	12/198	21.48	5	2

Thus R Ashwin would become the third right arm spin bowler while opening the bowling to capture 50 plus wickets – if he gets five more wickets.

A Mishra scored 59 in India’s first innings against Sri Lanka in the just concluded third test at Col-SSC while batting at number nine. In India’s second innings  R Ashwin scored 58 while batting at number nine. This is the first occasion in the annals of test cricket that two different batsmen from the same team scoring fifties while batting at number nine in its first and second innings

 

 

I Sharma of India captured his 200^th test wicket in the just concluded test against Sri Lanka at Col-SSC when he captured the wicket of Sri Lankan captain AD Mathews in Sri Lankan second innings. AD Mathews was dismissed leg before wicket by I Sharma for 110. I Sharma became the 65^th bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 200 plus test wickets and also the eighth Indian bowler to capture 200 plus test wickets. The performance of the eight bowlers 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	9/83	11/146	29.64	23	2
3	Harbhajan Singh	103	190	28580	13537	417	8/84	15/217	32.46	25	5
4	Z Khan	92	165	18785	10247	311	7/87	10/149	32.94	11	1
5	BS Bedi	67	118	21364	7637	266	7/98	10/194	28.71	14	1
6	BS Chandrasekhar	58	97	15963	7199	242	8/79	12/104	29.74	16	2
7	J Srinath	67	121	15104	7196	236	8/86	13/132	30.49	10	1
8	I Sharma	65	114	13047	7302	200	7/74	10/108	36.51	7	1

 

I Sharma became the 47^th pace bowler in the annals of test cricket and the fourth Indian pace bowler to capture 200 plus test wickets after N Kapil Dev {434}. Zaheer Khan {311} and J Srinath {236}. The performance of these four bowlers are listed below

 

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	N Kapil Dev	131	227	27740	12867	434	9/83	11/146	29.64	23	2
2	Z Khan	92	165	18785	10247	311	7/87	10/149	32.94	11	1
3	J Srinath	67	121	15104	7196	236	8/86	13/132	30.49	10	1
4	I Sharma	65	114	13047	7302	200	7/74	10/108	36.51	7	1

 

I Sharma’s break up of 200 test wickets against each opposition read thus

 

Opponents	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	5	10
Australia	19	34	607.1	107	2019	45	4/77	7/117	0	0
Bangladesh	4	7	81.0	14	284	10	4/66	5/95	0	0
England	11	17	420.0	81	1341	35	7/74	7/135	1	0
New Zealand	6	11	224.4	41	769	30	6/51	9/162	2	0
Pakistan	1	2	39.1	13	140	5	5/118	5/140	1	0
South Africa	8	14	276.1	43	959	20	4/79	5/73	0	0
Sri Lanka	10	17	293.3	50	1082	28	5/54	8/86	1	0
West Indies	6	12	232.5	53	708	27	6/55	10/108	2	1
Total	65	114	2174.3	402	7302	200	7/74	10/108	7	1