India vs South Africa 2019 | Top 5 Indian wicket-takers against South Africa in Test cricket

#3 Harbhajan Singh

Harbhajan against Australia

Harbhajan Singh played his last Test match in 2015, ending his wickets-tally at 417 wickets. He comes third in this list with 60 wickets in 11 games at an average of 28.40. But if fellow opposition players were to be believed, Harbhajan was the toughest they faced as his variations later included the ‘doosra’ as well. Most of his wickets, 42, came in home conditions at an impressive average of 26.00 in seven matches.

In the 2004-05 season, the batsmen were all over the place as he took 13 South African wickets in only two matches, including a seven-for. Harbhajan averages best, 25.90, under the influential captaincy of MS Dhoni, who also guided him well from behind the stumps. Between the year 2004-2010, Harbhajan won four games against the South Africans as he recorded half-tally of his wickets against the South Africans within that period itself and formed a lethal duo with leggie Anil Kumble.

#2 Javagal Srinath

Javagal Srinath of India

Line and length is one thing you associate with Javagal Srinath and he deservingly takes the second spot in the list of top wicket-takers against South Africa. Srinath took 64 wickets in 13 games against the Proteas at an impressive average of 24.48 with four five-wicket hauls.

He did maximum damage in helpful South African conditions, taking 43 wickets in eight games at 25.27. He too impressed and came into his own under the captaincy of Sachin Tendulkar as he went on to take 39 wickets in eight matches between 1996 to 2000. Srinath remained on the losing side six times and could only win two against the Proteas.