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Mohammed Shami becomes 11th Indian bowler to take 200 wickets in Test cricket

Mohammed Shami became just the 11th Indian bowler to claim 200 wickets in Test cricket in just 55 test matches. During this process, he became the only 5th Indian pacer to bag 200 wickets in the purest format of the game. Also, Shami is the third fastest Indian pacer to reach this milestone as Kapil Dev and Javagal Srinath bagged 200 Test wickets in 50 and 54 Tests respectively.

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Here is the list of India’s Leading Wicket-takers in Test Cricket:

Anil Kumble: 619 Wickets
Kapil Dev: 434 Wickets
Ravichandran Ashwin: 427 Wickets
Harbhajan Singh: 417 Wickets
Zaheer Khan: 311 Wickets
Ishant Sharma: 311 Wickets
BS Bedi: 266 Wickets
BS Chandrasekhar: 242 Wickets
Javagal Srinath: 236 Wickets
Ravindra Jadeja: 232 Wickets
Mohammed Shami: 200 Wickets

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