2. Kapil Dev (215 Wickets)
Former India World-Cup Winning skipper Kapil Dev has picked up 215 Test wickets outside India and has twelve five-wicket hauls.
Kapil Dev’s performance in the 1971 tour of England, was definitely one of his best in Test cricket. The legendary right-arm bowler picked 16 wickets in four Tests and finished the series as the top wicket-taker for India.
Kapil was only 20 years old at that time, but his fiery bowling spells fazed the England batsmen.
1. Anil Kumble (269 Wickets)
Anil Kumble is regarded as the biggest match-winner for India in Test cricket. The former Indian spinner has scalped 215 Test wickets in 69 Tests outside of India.
In the Melbourne Test, 2007, Kumble spun a web around the Australian batsmen with his googlies and leg breaks. He picked up 5/84, this was only the second instance of a spinner taking 5 wickets on the first day in Melbourne in 70 years.
In 2004 at Sydney, Kumble picked up 8 wickets for 141 runs to help India to regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as the series ended 1-1.
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