Top-5 Indian bowlers with most wickets in a Test series in England:

Delhi: The Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy of five matches played between India and England ended at 2–2 in a very exciting manner. In the fifth and last Test played at the Oval, India not only defeated England by 6 runs, but also succeeded in drawing the series. The match was very close, which thrilled the fans. Not only this, during this time, the real fun of the red ball cricket was also found.

England had a target of 374 runs to win, but the hosts were all out for 367 runs. The role of Indian bowlers, especially Mohammad Siraj, was very important in this historic victory. In this article, we will learn about the top-3 Indian bowlers who have taken the most wickets in a Test series played on England soil:

Mohammad Siraj (23 wickets, 2025)

Mohammad Siraj, while bowling tremendously in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025, took 23 wickets in 9 innings of 5 Tests. His average was 32.43 and he also jerked five wickets hall 2 times.

In the decisive Oval Test of the series, Siraj took India a historic victory with a total of 9 wickets. This was his best performance in any bilateral Test series. Meanwhile, the right -handed fast bowler also completed his 50 Test wickets against England.

Jaspreet Bumrah (23 wickets, in 2021-22)

India also visited England in 2021-22 and that Test series also ended 2–2. In that series, fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah performed brilliantly for India.

He took 23 wickets in 9 innings with an excellent average of 22.47. Bumrah also achieved 5 wickets hall in that series.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (19 wickets, in 2014)

In 2014, India visited England under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Although India suffered a 3–1 defeat in that series, fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar performed tremendously during this time.

He took 19 wickets in 5 Tests and during this time his average was 26.63. In the entire series, James Anderson (25 wickets) of England took more wickets than him.

Ishant and Zaheer also took 18 wickets

Former veteran fast bowler Ishant Sharma took 18 wickets in 9 innings at an average of 24.27 on the 2018 England tour. He also took a stunning 5 wicket hall in Lord’s Test.

Apart from this, Zaheer Khan took 18 wickets on the England tour in 2007, which proved to be important for Team India at that time.

Not only this, Siraj has done excellent demonstrations on England soil even before this. He took 18 wickets in the series of 2021-22, although he could not take any five wickets halls then.

Significantly, the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy may have been a draw, but this series once again showed that Indian bowling attack now has the power to win the match on foreign soil too.

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