Most wickets in a series: The record for the most wickets in a bilateral Test series between India and Australia, under the Border Gavaskar Trophy is held by Harbhajan Singh. During the 2001 series at home, Harbhajan Singh picked up 32 wickets from three Tests, that included four 5-fers and he crossed 10 wickets in a match twice. The man who replaced Harbhajan Singh in Team India, Ravichandran Ashwin is at the second spot. He registered 29 wickets against Australia at home in 2013. Some prominent names like Anil Kumble, Ravindra Jadeja, Nathan Lyon, Jasprit Bumrah, Pat Cummins amongst others feature in the list.
Australian offie Nathan Lyon has been a consistent factor in the India vs Australia rivalry. His name features thrice in the list, when it comes to top 20 wicket takers in the India vs Australia Test series.
Rank | Name | Year | Matches | Wickets | BBM | Econ | 5w/10w |
1 | Harbhajan Singh (India) | 2001 | 3 | 32 | 15/217 | 3.05 | 04/02 |
2 | Ravi Ashwin (India) | 2013 | 4 | 29 | 12/198 | 2.41 | 04/01 |
3 | Ben Hilfenhaus (Aus) | 2011 | 4 | 27 | Aug-97 | 2.76 | 2/0 |
4 | Anil Kumble (India) | 2004 | 4 | 27 | 13/181 | 3.46 | 03/01 |
5 | Ravi Ashwin (India) | 2023 | 4 | 25 | Aug-79 | 2.59 | 2/0 |
6 | Ravindra Jadeja (India) | 2017 | 4 | 25 | 09/178 | 2.17 | 2/0 |
7 | Ravindra Jadeja (India) | 2013 | 4 | 24 | 07/98 | 2.16 | 1/0 |
8 | Brett Lee (Aus) | 2008 | 4 | 24 | 07/153 | 2.9 | 1/0 |
9 | Anil Kumble (India) | 2004 | 3 | 24 | 12/279 | 3.44 | 03/01 |
10 | Anil Kumble (India) | 1998 | 3 | 23 | 08/106 | 2.17 | 2/0 |
11 | Peter Siddle (Aus) | 2012 | 4 | 23 | 06/85 | 3.23 | 1/0 |
12 | Nathan Lyon (Aus) | 2014 | 4 | 23 | 12/286 | 3.58 | 02/01 |
13 | Ravindra Jadeja (India) | 2023 | 4 | 22 | 07/42 | 2.57 | 02/01 |
14 | Nathan Lyon (Aus) | 2023 | 4 | 22 | 08/64 | 2.59 | 02/01 |
15 | Jasprit Bumrah (India) | 2018 | 4 | 21 | 09/86 | 2.27 | 1/0 |
16 | Pat Cummins (Aus) | 2020 | 4 | 21 | 07/69 | 2.59 | 0/0 |
17 | Harbhajan Singh (India) | 2004 | 3 | 21 | 11/224 | 2.81 | 03/01 |
18 | Ravi Ashwin (India) | 2017 | 4 | 21 | 08/125 | 2.55 | 1/0 |
19 | Nathan Lyon (Aus) | 2018 | 4 | 21 | 08/106 | 2.63 | 2/0 |
20 | Jason Gillespie (Aus) | 2004 | 4 | 20 | 09/80 | 2.43 | 1/0 |