Mohammed Siraj breached Shai Hope’s defence on the fifth ball of the 84th over to pick his second wicket of the second innings in the ongoing second Test against the West Indies in Delhi. The dismissal
of Hope, who made 103 runs from 214 balls for the Roston Chase-led side, helped Siraj take his tally of wickets to 37 in Test matches this year.
He now tops the list of bowlers with the most Test wickets in 2025. Zimbabwe’s Blessing Muzarabani is second on the list with 36 dismissals in nine matches, whereas Siraj picked his 37th wicket in the 15th innings of the eighth Test.
In 2025, Siraj has played five Tests against England and dismissed 23 batters. In the first Test against the West Indies at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, he picked up four wickets in the first innings and three in the second.
In the first innings of the ongoing Test against the West Indies in Delhi, Siraj bowled nine overs and picked up one wicket.
Most Test wickets in 2025
| PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS |
| Mohammed Siraj | India | 8* | 37 |
| Blessing Muzarabani | Zimbabwe | 9 | 36 |
| Mitchell Starc | Australia | 7 | 29 |
| Nathan Lyon | Australia | 6 | 24 |
| Jomel Warrican | West Indies | 6* | 23 |
In the list of Indian bowlers with most Test wickets in 2025, Siraj is followed by Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna and Ravindra Jadeja.
Most Test wickets for India in 2025
| BOWLER | MATCHES | WICKETS | BEST FIGURES |
| Mohammed Siraj | 8 | 37 | 6/70 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 6 | 20 | 5/74 |
| Prasidh Krishna | 4 | 20 | 4/62 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 8 | 15 | 4/54 |
| Akash Deep | 3 | 13 | 6/99 |
| Washington Sundar | 7 | 10 | 4/22 |
In the list of bowlers with the most wickets (Tests + ODIs + T20Is) in 2025, Siraj is in 13th place now. Muzarabani tops the chart with 57 wickets in 29 matches across formats, and Matt Henry has dismissed 53 batters this year in 19 matches for the Black Caps. Bahrain’s Rizwan Butt has played 29 T20I matches in 2025 and accounted for the dismissal of 50 batters.
Kuldeep Yadav has played 16 matches in 2025, and he has 35 wickets to his credit. In the Asia Cup 2025, Kuldeep played all seven matches for the Suryakumar Yadav-led side and picked up 17 wickets. In the first innings of the ongoing Test against the West Indies in Delhi, he finished with figures of 5 for 82 in 26.5 overs.
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