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Harbhajan claims sixth 7-wkt haul

December 20, 2005 16:54 IST

Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] was at his devastating best picking up seven wickets for only 62 as Sri Lanka [ Images ] crumbled for 206 on the third day of Ahmedabad [ Images ] Test.

This was the sixth instance of Harbhajan capturing seven (or more) wickets in an innings. With this he equalled Anil Kumble's [ Images ] Indian record of most seven-wicket hauls.

Interestingly Harbhajan has done so in only 50 Tests as against Kumble's 100.

The following table lists the Indian bowlers with most number of seven-wicket hauls:

Bowler 7-wkt hauls Tests
Anil Kumble 6 100
Harbhajan Singh 6 50
Kapil Dev [ Images ] 5 131
Subhash Gupte 3 36
Vinoo Mankad [ Images ] 2 44
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 2 58
Maninder Singh [ Images ] 2 35
Narendra Hirwani 2 17

Among all Indian bowlers who have captured 100 or more wickets in their career, Harbhajan has the best strike rate, even better than Kapil Dev! Take a look:

Bowler SR Balls Wkts Tests
Harbhajan Singh 60.96 13164 216 50*
Kapil Dev 63.92 27740 434 131
Javagal Srinath 64.00 15104 236 67
Karsan Ghavri 64.55 7036 109 39
Anil Kumble 65.17 31284 480 100*
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 65.96 15963 242 58
Zaheer Khan [ Images ] 66.60 7393 111 40
Subhash Gupte 75.73 11284 149 36
Erapally Prasanna 75.94 14353 189 49

More statistics:
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Best batting recoveries for India
- Most 10-wkt hauls in Tests
- Biggest wins for India
- Highest Test chases versus India
- Muralitharan's feats
- Comparing Sachin and Sunny
- India - Sri Lanka: Head to head

Rajneesh Gupta