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 |
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- Most 10-wkt hauls in Tests
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- Highest Test chases versus India
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