England Vs India 2018:3 Indian Bowlers who were great at clearing the tail

The ongoing series between India and England has been a grim reminder of how our batting woes continued from the South African series. It is true that it is India's batting that has let down the Indian team this series as well.

The Indian bowlers, however, have been shallow in their approach to get the tailenders out. The Indian pace attack which has been one of the best in many generations has been nothing short of exceptional.

It is their execution of clearing the tail that has faltered throughout the series. The likes of Chris Woakes, Moeen Ali and Sam Curran have been really frustrating as they have collectively scored 499 runs in the series.

This has been a chronic problem for the Indian bowlers, but it was not so much for some great Indian bowlers who were just too good at clearing the tail and could lend some inspiration to this current crop of bowlers.

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#3 Kapil Dev- 123 Wickets against the tail-enders

Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev is arguably the best all-rounder to have come out of Indian cricket. He is the holder of 434 test wickets at an average 29.65 to go along with 5248 runs at an average of 31.05 with eight centuries.

India had found a genuine seam bowling all-rounder in him who was great at knocking the top-order batsmen as well as the irritating tail. He took 123 test wickets against the lower order batsmen out of his own tally of 434 test wickets. Thus, making himself one of the best cleaners of the tail-enders that India had.

#2 Harbhajan Singh-151 wickets against the tail-enders

India v New Zealand - 2011 ICC World Cup Warm Up Game

Harbhajan Singh who is popularly known as the turbanator, was the spinner who took a hattrick against the Australians in the famous Kolkata test of 2001. He cleared out the tail in quick succession with help of Tendulkar to win the famous test.

It was a sign of things to come as he became India's breakthrough specialist for the next decade. He was especially lethal against the tail-enders as he nipped them out 151 times over the course of his career.

#1 Anil Kumble- 201 wickets against the tailenders

First Test: Pakistan v India Day Four

Anil Kumble has been arguably the greatest match winner that India has ever produced. The tally of 956 international wickets is a testament to the same. He took 619 test wickets out of which came, many came in a lot of memorable wins for India.

He was not a big turner of the ball, but was just very accurate in bowling consistent and tight line and lengths. This not only helped in snaring the wickets of top batsman but also with the tail-enders. He got them out a record 201 times for his country.