Harbhajan third Indian to join 300-wicket club

Nagpur, Nov 7 (PTI) Harbhajan Singh Friday became the
third Indian and 22nd cricketer in the world to claim 300 or
more wickets in Test cricket when he dismissed Australian
captain Ricky Ponting on the second day of the fourth and
final Test here.

The Punjab offie, who is playing his 72nd Test, is behind
just-retired Anil Kumble (619 from 132 Tests) and Kapil Dev
(434 from 131 Tests).

He is only the fifth spinner to join the 300-wicket club
after Muttiah Muralitharan (756), Shane Warne (708), Kumble
and Lance Gibbs (309) and second Indian spinner after Kumble.

By claiming the wicket of Ponting, whom he has dismissed
for the 10th time so far, Harbhajan has claimed his 200th
wicket on India soil.

The feisty off-spinner, who made his Test debut against
Australia in Bangalore in March 1998, has also 195 ODI wickets
to his kitty from 175 matches. PTI PDS
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