Top 5 Indians With The Most Dismissals Against One Batter In Test Cricket
Ravichandran Ashwin has 36 fifers under his belt in Test cricket (X.com)
Test cricket is undoubtedly the most challenging format of the game. The part that makes it interesting is the matchups between the players and their staggering records against each other. The greatest of bowlers prepare for their bunnies and make the most out of the opportunities they get to dismiss one particular batter. However, the batters prepare for the bowlers who have dismissed them most of the time.
One of the biggest match-ups in the history of Test cricket is between Stuart Broad and David Warner. The former English bowler has dismissed the southpaw 17 times which stands tallest on the records tally. Just like this match-up, there's another rivalry that caught fire and rose up in the ranks, Ravichandran Ashwin vs Ben Stokes. Yet again, Ashwin made Stokes his bunny for the 13th time in his career, which is the highest against any batter among Indian bowlers. To recognise the same, OneCricket presents the best Indian bowlers with the most dismissals against one batter.
Let's have a look at the top 5 Indian bowlers with the most dismissals under their belt against one batter in the history of Test cricket.
5. Kapil Dev vs Graham Gooch - 11 Times
Kapil Dev has dismissed Gooch 11 times Gooch (X.com)
Graham Gooch was once the foremost batter of the England team and used to win games single-handedly. With over 13,000 international runs with an amazing average of 40, Gooch was nothing but a force to reckon with. However, the Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev got the best out of him and made the English batter his bunny.
With 432 Test wickets under his belt, Kapil Dev was among the best all-rounders India ever produced. His seam bowling was as good as a regular fast bowler and he dismissed England's top-order batter, Graham Gooch for 11 times in the history of Test cricket.
4. Ravichandran Ashwin vs David Warner - 11 Times
Ashwin hs dismissed Warner 11 times (X.com)
Ravichandran Ashwin is among the foremost spinners of the Indian team. With over 500 Test wickets, he transformed his Test career into a legendary one. He has had a love affair with the left-handers, which lands him on this record, as he has dismissed the Australian opener David Warner 11 times in Test cricket.
David Warner, who was one of the most successful Test openers for Australia, turned out to be a victim for Ashwin as well, apart from Stuart Broad. This match-up is placed in the fourth position in this record for most dismissals by Indians against a single batter in Test cricket.
3. Ishant Sharma vs Alastair Cook - 11 Times
Ishant Sharma vs (X.com)
One of the best seam bowlers of India, Ishant Sharma is also among the players who have played 100 plus Tests for India and scalped 311 wickets in his Test career. The tall Indian bowler's rivalry against England's former captain Alastair Cook comes third on the list of this particular record.
Ishant has stunning numbers while playing in Australia and England, but England has been the most rewarding for him in the longest format apart from India, as he has 51 scalps to his name in English conditions. The right-arm fast bowler made it to this record by dismissing Alastair Cook 11 times in his career.
2. Kapil Dev vs Mudassar Nazar - 12 Times
Kapil Dev has dismissed Mudassar Nazar 12 times (X.com)
Kapil Dev's stellar record against Pakistan's batting all-rounder, Mudassar Nazar, brings this match up to second in the list. Kapil Dev has managed to dismiss Mudassar 12 times, which is the second-highest number of dismissals by an Indian against a single batter in the history of Test cricket.
Kapil Dev and Mudassar Nazar have played each other in 18 Test matches and Kapil Dev turned out to be a dominator by picking his wicket on 12 occasions with an average of 39. Mudassar, who has over 4,000 Test runs under his name found Kapil Dev troubling and even got out on duck two times.
1. Ravichandran Ashwin vs Ben Stokes - 13 Times
Ashwin has dismissed Stokes 13 times (X.com)
Ravichandran Ashwin's other bunny, Ben Stokes is also a left-handed batter, which proves how Ashwin dominates the left-handed batters in the longest format of the game. Even in the recently concluded Test series, Ashwin got Stokes on a couple of occasions and now became the Indian with the most dismissals against a single batter in Test cricket.
Ben Stokes and Ravichandran Ashwin have played in 17 matches so far, and Ashwin convincingly dismissed England's captain 13 times in his career with an amazing average of just 19. This proves that Ashwin does not let Stokes settle in the middle and takes just a few deliveries to show him the path of the dressing room.
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