Today, we bring you the bowlers who took the most wickets in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2004. The season 6 of Border Gavaskar Trophy was played during October 6- November 6. India were the hosts, and Australia were in terrific form as they would beat India 2-1 to snatch away the trophy. Damien Martyn & Virender Sehwag led the run-scoring for the two teams. Here we talk about cricketers who got the most wickets in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2004.
5. Shane Warne
The Champion Australian Leg Spinner, Shane Warne, picked 14 wickets from 5 innings of 3 test matches at an average of 30.07. His strike rate was 60 and his best innings figures was 6/125, also his best match figures from the season. Indian Batsmen haven’t allowed edge to the legendary spinner over the year, though he was among wickets in 2004. With these bowling statistics, Warne made to the list of Cricketers with the most wickets in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2004.
4. Glenn McGrath
The Legendary Australian Pace bowler would spearhead the Kangaroo team’s pace bowling unit for close to two decades. McGrath picked 14 wickets from 8 innings of 4 test matches he played at an average of 25.42 in the sixth edition of Border Gavaskar Trophy. His strike rate was 60.4 and his best innings figures was 4/55, while match figures would be 6/94 from season. With these bowling statistics, Glenn McGrath featured in the list of Cricketers with the most wickets in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2004.
3. Jason Gillespie
The Australian Cricketer known for his loopy swing bowling, Gillespie, picked 20 wickets from 8 innings of 4 test matches at an average of 16.15 in the sixth edition of Border Gavaskar Trophy. His strike rate was 39.8 and his best innings figures was 5/56, while match figures would be 9/80 from the season. With these bowling statistics, Jason Gillespie featured in the list of Cricketers with the most wickets in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2004.
2. Harbhajan Singh
The Indian Off-break bowler, Harbhajan Singh picked 21 wickets from 6 innings of 3 test matches at an average of 24 in the sixth edition of Border Gavaskar Trophy. His strike rate was 51 and his best innings figures was 6/78, while match figures would be 11/224 from the season. The Offie took three 3 wicket hauls & a 10 wicket haul in the season.
With these bowling statistics, Bhajji featured in the list of Cricketers with the most wickets in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2004. India had been a relatively inexperienced bowling line up after retirement of Javagal Srinath after ICC World Cup 2003. Other than Kumble & Harbhajan, Murali Kartik & Zaheer Khan went double digits on wickets, only 7 in total for the two teams. Kumble & Harbhajan formed a champion leg-off spin pair for a period of 5-10 years, a pair that would test batsmen, and was lethal in Indian conditions.
1. Anil Kumble
The Legendary Indian Leg Spinner would lead the wicket-taking for India for close to two decades. He was among the top wicket-takers in previous versions against the Border Gavaskar Trophy rivals Australia. In the season 2004, Anil Kumble, picked 27 wickets from 8 innings of 4 test matches at an average of 25.37.
His strike rate was decimals over 43 and his best innings figures was 7/48, while match figures would be 13/181 from the season, as he took three 3 wicket hauls & a 10 wicket haul in the season. With these bowling statistics, Anil Kumble led the list of Cricketers with the most wickets in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2004.
These were the top wicket-takers in Border Gavaskar Trophy season 6. Sourav Ganguly led India would have a bad outing in front of home audience as Adam Gilchrist led Australia would have one of their best tour to India. Hope you liked the content, don’t forget to put in your thoughts and questions under comments.
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