Ishant Sharma gets 300th Test Wicket, becomes third Indian pacer to do so
- Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer were Ishant Sharma's 288th and 299th wicket respectively
- In Indian pacers, only Kapil Dev and Zaheer Khan have more than 300 Test wickets
- Ishant Sharma took 98* matches to reach the landmark
Indian bowler Ishant Sharma, on Monday, became the third Indian pacer to take 300 Test wickets. He achieved this feat on the fourth day of the opening Test between India and England in Chennai.
Sharma had reached wicket number 299th during England’s first innings of the Test.
England’s Daniel Lawrence became the Indian pacer’s 300 Test wicket during the visitor’s second innings.
Other than Sharma, former India captain Kapil Dev and former India international Zaheer Khan has 434 and 311 Test wickets respectively.
The 32-year-old bowler has 11 five-wicket hauls to his name and a solitary 10-wicket haul. His best Test bowling figure is 7/74.
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