Indian fast bowler Mohammad Siraj is doing wonders with his bowling on the field this year. Now he has become the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket in the year 2025. Siraj has overtaken Zimbabwean bowler Blessing Muzarabani in this matter.
Siraj achieved this feat during the second innings of the second Test match against West Indies at the Arun Jaitley ground in Delhi. Siraj dismissed Shai Hope and became first in the list of bowlers taking the most wickets in Tests this year.
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In the Delhi Test match, Siraj took 3 wickets in both the innings. With the help of these 3 wickets, he became the bowler who took the most Test wickets this year and his number of wickets in the longer format of cricket this year has now reached 37. He overtook Muzarabani who has taken 36 wickets so far this year.
In the year 2025, Siraj has taken 37 wickets in 15 innings of 8 Test matches played so far, in which he has done the feat of taking 5 wicket haul twice and also taking 4 wicket haul twice. During this period, his best bowling in an innings was 6 wickets for 70 runs. Apart from this, if we talk about Muzarabani who is at number two, he has taken 36 wickets in 9 matches which also includes the feat of taking 5 wickets thrice.