Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Leading Test Wicket Taker as Captain

Pakistan legend Imran Khan has taken the most wickets while captaining in Tests, and leading the way to took 187 wickets in Tests while captain. Australian leg spinner Richie Benaud is next with 138, and in fact there are only six other bowler-captains who took more than 100 wickets, Garry Sobers (117), Daniel Vettori (116), Kapil Dev (111), Wasim Akram (107), Bishan Bedi (106) and Shaun Pollock (103). Of these, Imran also has the best average (20.27) and strike rate (49.26 balls per wicket) while captain.
 

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