sachin tendulkar was the highest wicket taken in test cricket.
who is the highest wicket taken in test cricket?
sachin tendulkar
sunil gavaskar became the first-ever cricketer to score 10000 runs in test cricket on this ground — a feat he achieved against pakistan in 1987. seven years later kapil dev claimed his 432nd test wicket on this ground to become the highest wicket taker in the world, breaking sir richard hadlee's record for the most number of wickets in test matches here. before he became the highest wicket taker, kapil dev made a nine-wicket haul in his career here at the motera ground. in 1996, the ground hosted a low-scoring test match against south africa, where the visitors faltered while chasing a paltry 170 for a win to end up at 105 all out. javagal srinath scalped six wickets in the fourth innings of the match. however, south africa had their revenge when they bowled india out for 76 runs in the first session of the test match in 2008 and then went on to win it by an innings and 90 runs. sachin tendulkar became the first-ever cricketer to score 18,000 runs in one day cricket in a match against australia during 2011 cricket world cup.
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walsh took 5 wickets in an odi match conceding only one run against sri lanka in december 1986, a match which the west indies won at the sharjah cricket association stadium, sharjah by 193 runs. this was his solitary five-wicket haul in the format. in february 1998, he played his 100th test, against england in georgetown, guyana. in 2000, walsh became the highest wicket-taker in test cricket, breaking a six-year-old record of kapil dev's 434 wickets. he achieved the feat in his 114th match, which are 17 matches less than kapil dev. walsh became the first bowler to reach 500 wickets in the history of test cricket. he achieved the feat against south africa in 2001, getting jacques kallis leg before wicket in port-of-spain, trinidad. throughout his test career, walsh produced one of the greatest opening partnership with curtly ambrose as a bowler, and shared 421 wickets from 49 matches with the latter. walsh's 519 wickets in test cricket was a record at that time, which was surpassed by sri lankan muttiah muralitharan in 2004.
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