New Delhi: India and England are set to take on each other in yet another test series, this time in India, with the start of Anthony de Mello series on January 25.
The two sides will face each other in five test matches in the course of the next 47 days, and a chance to get themselves up in the points table of the World Test Championship.
Notably, whenever India and England come face-to-face with each other, regardless of the number of star batters they have in their team, the series is often decided by the bowlers, depending on the venue they are playing.
If the series is being played in England, it’s often the English pacers who dictate the series, while if they are playing in India, it’s the Indian spinners who take the charge.
Today, let’s take a look at the top 5 bowling figures by the two sides in the past decade, which changed the game completely.
5] Ravichandran Ashwin (6 for 55)
In the past ten years, no Indian bowler has been more impressive in test cricket than Ravichandran Ashwin.
The Indian spinning virtuoso made the life of English batsmen nightmare during the fifth test match in the 2016 series, where he took 12 wickets in the match, including the 6 for 55 figures in the second innings, which helped India win the match by an innings and 36 runs.
4] Axar Patel (6 for 38)
After taking the world by storm with his impressive debut, Axar’s class was once again on display during the second test match in 2021, when Axar demolished the English batting line-up in both innings of the test while getting a total of 11 wickets in the match.
Axar in the first innings of the series, took six wickets for 38 runs, starting the domino effect of English collapse.
3] Stuart Broad (6 for 25)
A bowling performance so good that you need to bowl in just one innings to get yourself the man of the match award, and Stuart Broad did just that in Manchester in 2014.
Broad took six wickets for 25 runs in the first innings, sending Indian batters on the back foot for the entirety of the match, helping England win the game by an innings and 54 runs.
2] Ishant Sharma (7 for 74)
The Indian pacer shocked the world in the 2014 Lord’s Test when he annihilated the English batting line-up in the second innings to help India register a huge win.
Sharma, following Dhoni’s advice, kept bowling short and ended up picking seven wickets for 74 runs to help India defeat England in their castle by 95 runs.
1] Ravindra Jadeja (7 for 48)
The Chennai test in 2016 was known for so many things, as it was in this match India found its second-only triple-century scorer, Karun Nair, who helped India post their highest test total of 759 for 7.
But amongst all the batting prowess, Jadeja stole the thunder with his brilliant seven wickets for 48 runs in the second innings, helping his team win the match by an innings and 75 runs.
