Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] on Thursday became the sixth Indian and 30th in the world to take 200 wickets in one-day internationals when he removed Owais Shah [ Images ] of England [ Images ] in the third one-dayer in Kanpur.
Playing in his 178th ODI, the Punjab [ Images ] offie dismissed Kevin Pietersen [ Images ] and Paul Collingwood [ Images ] as his 198th and 199th victims to return with 3 for 32 and win the Man of the Match award.
The 28-year-old Harbhajan, who began his ODI career against New Zealand [ Images ] in Sharjah in April 1998, is now behind Anil Kumble [ Images ] (337 from 271 matches), Javagal Srinath (315 from 229), Ajit Agarkar [ Images ] (288 from 191), Kapil Dev [ Images ] (253 from 225) and Zaheer Khan [ Images ] (214 from 152) in the list of highest Indian ODI wicket takers.
The feisty off-spinner had also become the third Indian -- behind Anil Kumble (619 from 132 Tests) and Kapil Dev (434 from 131 Tests) -- and 22nd cricketer in the world to claim 300 wickets in Test cricket during the final Test of the four-match series against Australia [ Images ] in Nagpur this month.
He has played 72 Tests for India [ Images ] so far.
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