Mohammed Shami has joined Kapil Dev, Javagal Srinath, Zaheer Khan, and Ishant Sharma in the elusive list of 200 Test wickets club. Shami reached the milestone in 55 Test matches and is the third quickest Indian after Kapil and Srinath to join the list. Alongside that, Shami needed the fewest deliveries to reach 200 Test wickets among all Indian bowlers. Shami needed 9896 balls to reach the elusive milestone and beat Ravichandran Ashwin's record.
Mohammed Shami was the pick of the Indian bowlers on Day 3 as the pacer has taken a 5-wicket haul.Apart from Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Shardul Thakur picked two wickets each while Mohammed Siraj got one. Temba Bavuma top-scored for South Africa with his 52-run knock. Earlier Lungi Ngidi picked up six wickets as India suffered a batting collapse on Day 3 of the first Test.
Fastest Indian pacers to reach 200 Test wickets
Kapil Dev- 50 matches
Javagal Srinath- 54 matches
Mohammed Shami- 55 matches
Zaheer Khan/Ishant Sharma-63 matches
Fewest balls to 200 Test wickets for India
9896 Mohammed Shami
10248 R Ashwin
11066 Kapil Dev
11989 Ravindra Jadeja
