India's veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Sunday surpassed Pakistan legend Wasim Akram's tally of Test wickets to climb to ninth in the all-time highest wicket-takers' list.
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Harbhajan dismissed Imrul Kayes for 72 during the final day of the one-off Test against Bangladesh to reach 415 Test victims. It is one more than Akram's 414 from 104 matches.
In the Fatullah Test, the 34-year-old’s final figures of 3/64 took his tally to 416 victims from 102 Test matches.
In fact, the Indian off-spinner reached the landmark quicker than Akram as the Pakistani had achieved the feat in two Test matches less.
The Turbanator is now only 20 wickets short of beating Kapil Dev's 434 Test wickets to become the second highest wicket-taker in history of Indian Test cricket after Anil Kumble's 619 wickets.
The list is headed by Sri Lanka's Muttaiah Muralitharan with 800 wickets.
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