Analysing the venues for India-New Zealand Tests: Green Park Stadium, Kanpur

Most wickets

Kapil Dev holds the record for the most number of wickets taken by a bowler at the Green Park

While the conditions at the Green Park haven’t been conducive to bowling at all, barring the 2008 Test between India and South Africa – that was played on a vicious turner – the Indian bowlers, with the experience of playing in these conditions, have performed well to a large extent. The top 5 wicket-takers at the venue have all been Indians, with Australia's Alan Davidson occupying the sixth spot with 12 wickets from a single game.

Kapil Dev, apart from getting more than 300 runs at the venue, has also picked up 25 wickets from 7 matches at 27.84 and sits atop the list of the highest wicket takers at the ground. The Indian all-rounder is closely followed by the incumbent coach of the home side, Anil Kumble, with 21 wickets from 3 games, whereas, Kumble’s one-time partner-in-crime, Harbhajan Singh, rounds off the top three with 20 wickets from 4 games.

Subhash Gupte and Jesubhai Patel with 19 and 14 wickets respectively, complete the top 5. Amongst the current crop of Indian bowlers, Ishant Sharma, who will not be playing this Test match, has the most number of wickets on the ground. He picked up 5 wickets in the solitary game that he played.