December 15, 2022
Sports Tak Staff
Here is a list of top five Indian batters with most runs at no.8 in Test cricket
5 | Former Indian wicketkeeper-batter Syed Kirmani scored 1,030 runs from 43 innings at this position at an average of 28.61 including 1 century and 4 fifties
4 | Harbhajan Singh scored 1,167 runs from 56 innings at an average of 23.34 including 2 centuries and 5 fifties at no.8
3 | India's highest Test wicket-taker Anil Kumble scored 1,265 runs at an average of 19.46 including 1 century and 1 fifty
2 | R Ashwin has scored 1,702 runs from 69 innings at an average of 27.45 including 3 centuries and 6 fifties at no.8 position
1 | Kapil Dev is at top with 1,777 runs from 58 innings at an average of 33.52 including 2 centuries and 11 fifties
R Ashwin needs 76 more runs to surpass Kapil Dev and get the record in his name
Overall, Ashwin is sixth on the list topped by Daniel Vettori (2,227) followed by Shane Warne (2,005), Chaminda Vaas (1,913), Shaun Pollock (1,796) and Kapil Dev