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Kumble becomes highest wicket-taker against Sri Lanka

Rajneesh Gupta | December 21, 2005 17:06 IST

The wicket of Thilan Samaraweera in Sri Lanka's [Images] second innings of the Ahmedabad Test gave Anil Kumble [Images] a world record.

This was Kumble's 64th wicket in his 15th Test against Sri Lanka and he became the highest wicket-taking bowler against Sri Lanka.

Kumble surpassed Pakistan's Wasim Akram's tally of 63 wickets (from 19 Tests).

The following table gives details of the most successful bowlers against Sri Lanka:

WktsBowlerForTestsBallsMdnsRunsBest5WI10WMAve
64A KumbleInd15427716818717-593229.23
63Wasim AkramPak19327415213405-433021.27
59SK WarneAus13316713215075-435225.54
56Waqar YounisPak1321635312736-344122.73
47SM PollockSAf1222711149606-301020.43
46Imran Khan [Images]Pak101788766738-583114.63
45Kapil Dev [Images]Ind14271512811955-1101026.56
37RJ HadleeNZ 61405854735-292112.78
37GD McGrathAus81828848235-372022.24
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