India vs Sri Lanka 2017: Venue Profiles, SSC Ground, Colombo

#4. Most wickets and highest spells by an Indian bowler

Anil Kumble has taken more wickets than any other Indian bowler on this ground

Anil Kumble has taken the most number of wickets by an Indian bowler on this ground with 16 wickets in 6 innings at an average of 39.62 which is also the most number of wickets by a non-Sri Lankan bowler here. Behind Kumble, comes Ishant Sharma who has taken 11 wickets here at an average of 31.18.

Harbhajan Singh and Ravichandran Ashwin follow Sharma with 9 wickets each. The best spell in an innings by an Indian bowler at the SSC ground is 5/54 by Ishant Sharma which was bowled in 2015. The tall pacer’s spell is the fourth best for a non-Lankan bowler and the third best for a non-Lankan pacer. Besides Ishant Sharma’s spell, two other five-wicket hauls have been bowled by an Indian bowler namely Ravi Ashwin’s 5/69 today and Anil Kumble’s 5/87 in 1993.