FATULLAH – Indian off spinner Harbhajan Singh surpassed the record of Pakistani legend Wasim Akram of highest wickets and placed his name in top 10 highest wicket takers in the history of test cricket.
India’s senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Sunday reached a landmark as he surpassed Pakistan legend Wasim Akram’s tally of Test wickets to climb to ninth in the all-time highest wicket-takers’ list.
Harbhajan dismissed Imrul Kayes for 72 to reach 415 Test victims, one more than Akram’s 414 from 104 matches. He needs just 20 wickets to become the second highest wicket taker by passing Kapil Dev’s record.
Anil Kumble is the highest wicket taker in the history of cricket world by taking 619 wickets. In One Day International he took 259 wickets in 229 matches with average of 33.40.
Harbhajan Singh, is an Indian cricketer and former captain of IPL team Mumbai Indians and Punjab state for the 2012–13 Ranji Trophy season.
A specialist bowler, he has the second-highest number of Test wickets by an off spinner, behind Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan. Harbhajan made his Test and One Day International (ODI) debuts in early 1998.
His career was initially affected by investigations into the legality of his bowling action, as well as several disciplinary incidents.
However in 2001, with leading leg spinner Anil Kumble injured, Harbhajan’s career was resuscitated after Indian captain Sourav Ganguly called for his inclusion in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy team.
In that series victory over Australia, Harbhajan established himself as the team’s leading spinner by taking 32 wickets, becoming the first Indian bowler to take a hat trick in Test cricket.
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