Srinagar: Australia Captain Pat Cummins not only helped Australia clinch Border-Gavaskar trophy back from India but also created history by becoming first bowler to take 200 wickets in World Test Championship.
Cummins who led the Aussies to the WTC title win in 2023 by getting the better of India in the final played at The Oval, achieved the feat by dismissing Washington Sundar during India’s second innings of the ongoing fifth Test at Sydney Cricket Ground.
In the list of bowlers with the most wickets in WTC, Cummins is followed by countryman Nathan Lyon (196 wickets) and former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (195 wickets).
Most wickets in WTC
Pat Cummins (Australia) – 200*
Nathan Lyon (Australia) – 196
Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 195
Mitchell Starc (Australia) – 165
Jasprit Bumrah (India) – 156
Cummins, who is Australia’s leading wicket-taker in the ongoing five-match Test series against India, has 73 wickets to his name in 17 matches played so far in the 2023-25 edition of WTC. In the list of bowlers with the most wickets in a single edition of WTC, Cummins sits at No. 3 position.
Lyon (88 wickets in 2021-2023) and Jasprit Bumrah (77 wickets in 2023-25) are the only two players who have managed to take more wickets in one edition of WTC than him.
Most wickets in a single edition of WTC
Nathan Lyon – 88 (2021-23)
Jasprit Bumrah – 77 (2023-25)
Pat Cummins – 73* (2023-25)
Ravichandran Ashwin – 71 (2019-21)
Pat Cummins – 70 (2019-21)