Mohammed Siraj breaks into elite 200 club: Full list of Indians with 200+ international wickets

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The 31-year-old India National Cricket Team right-arm pacer Mohammed Siraj has achieved a remarkable milestone in international cricket.

Mohammed Siraj has joined the legends of the India National Cricket Team in an elite 200 international wickets club with his performances in the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.

Mohammed Siraj completes 200 international wickets

Siraj made his debut for Team India in November 2017 in a T20I match against New Zealand in Rajkot. Since then, he has shone bright with the ball across all formats in international cricket.

The right-arm quick got his ODI cap in January 2019 and Test cap in December 2020. He quickly established himself as the all-format pacer for India and is currently regarded as the second-best pacer in the side, only behind Jasprit Bumrah.

Although he recently faced axing in white-ball cricket despite performing well for the team, there are very high chances that he might soon be seen in the blue jersey.

Currently, he is involved in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025 against England and has bowled his heart out for India without worrying about his workload.

He is the only Indian bowler to play all five Test matches in the ongoing series, and the only other bowler who has also featured in all the matches is England’s Chris Woakes, who suffered a shoulder injury on Day 1 and got ruled out.

Mohammed Siraj has taken time to find rhythm, but overall, he has bowled quite well for the visitors and is currently India’s leading wicket-taker in the ongoing tour.

Siraj bagged 14 wickets in the first four matches and picked his first wicket in the fifth Test at the Kennington Oval by dismissing England stand-in skipper Ollie Pope.

On the fourth ball of the 25th over, Siraj bowled a sensational good-length delivery just outside off-stump to Pope that jagged back and hit the batter on the back pad.

The on-field umpire didn’t raise his finger, but the Indian team used a review, and the Hawkeye returned with three reds, which led to the England skipper’s dismissal for 22 runs.

By dismissing Ollie Pope, Mohammed Siraj became the 15th Indian pacer to bag 200 or more international wickets. His first international wicket was Kane Williamson, 50th was Matthew Potts, 100th was Ashton Agar, 150th was Ben Foakes, and Ollie Pope became his 200th scalp.

Watch: Mohammed Siraj cleans up Ollie Pope to complete 200 international wickets

Full list of Indians with 200 or more international wickets:

Rank Player Span Matches Wickets Bowling Average
1 Anil Kumble 1990–2008 401 953 30.06
2 Ravichandran Ashwin 2010–2024 287 765 25.8
3 Harbhajan Singh 1998–2016 365 707 32.59
4 Kapil Dev 1978–1994 356 687 28.83
5 Ravindra Jadeja 2009–2025 363 615 29.37
6 Zaheer Khan 2000–2014 303 597 31.48
7 Javagal Srinath 1991–2003 296 551 29.11
8 Mohammed Shami 2013–2025 197 462 26.1
9 Jasprit Bumrah 2016–2025 207 457 20.63
10 Ishant Sharma 2007–2021 199 434 32.35
11 Ajit Agarkar 1998–2007 221 349 31.09
12 Kuldeep Yadav 2017–2025 166 306 22.86
13 Irfan Pathan 2003–2012 173 301 29.85
14 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2012–2022 229 294 29.5
15 Venkatesh Prasad 1994–2001 194 292 33.19
16 Umesh Yadav 2010–2023 141 288 31.62
17 Ravi Shastri 1981–1992 230 280 38.69
18 Bishan Singh Bedi 1966–1979 77 273 29.21
19 Manoj Prabhakar 1984–1996 169 253 32.07
20 Bhagwath Chandrasekhar 1964–1979 59 245 29.53
21 Ashish Nehra 1999–2017 161 233 32.28
22 Yuzvendra Chahal 2016–2023 152 217 26.23
23 Hardik Pandya 2016–2025 219 202 30.91
24 Sachin Tendulkar 1989–2013 664 201 46.53
25 Mohammed Siraj 2017–2025 101 200 29.15

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