Most wickets taken by Indian pacers in a Test series

Indian bowling line-up has been led by spinners right from the beginning. Indian pitches supported a little amount of turn which made the life difficult for the opposition batsmen, while, Indian batsmen used to score fluently against the spinners. This has led to making Indian pitches more spin-friendly. However, because of this same reason, India has been struggling to play in foreign conditions.

In this spin-friendly conditions, India has been able to produce some fine fast-bowlers. Kapil Dev, Javagal Srinath, Manoj Prabhakar, Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma etc. are some of the Indians who have helped India to win in foreign conditions while helping the spinners in Indian sub-continent.

Mohhamad Nissar, Indian veteran was considered as the best fast bowler of his time.

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3. India tour of Australia 1991/92: 57 Wickets

Indian pace attack was led by Kapil Dev and Manoj Prabhakar

Former Indian skipper Kapil Dev was the lead Indian bowler in the tour to Australia 1991/92. Although India lost the series 4-0, Indian pacers were able to grab many wickets in the series.

Kapil Dev was the highest wicket-taker for India in the series with 25 wickets. He had grabbed two five-fers in the series. His best figures were 5/97 which came in the first innings of the second Test at MCG. This series remarked Kapil Dev's 400th Test wicket.

Manoj Prabhakar was the second highest wicket-taker for India in the series. He grabbed 19 wickets with one five-fer. His all-round performance in the first Test was not able to save India from a defeat.

Javaggal Srinath played all the five Tests and grabbed 10 wickets. Although Subroto Banerjee played only one match in the series, he took 3 wickets in the first innings and led India to the only draw of the series.

2. India vs Pakistan, India, 1979/80: 58 Wickets

Kapil Dev, leading wicket-taker of the series

Pakistan's tour of India in 1979 surprisingly turned out to be a pace-friendly series with the leading wicket-takers from both the teams being fast bowlers.

Kapil Dev was the leading wicket-taker of the series with 32 wickets. This is the highest number of wickets by an Indian pacer in a single series. He also scalped three five-fers. His, then career-best figures of 7-56 helped India series 2-0 in fifth Test itself.

Karsan Ghavri ended the series with 15 wickets. This was one of his best performances for India. Roger Binny also took 11 wickets and played a noteworthy role in India's victory.

3. India tour of England 2018: 61 wickets

Indian pace-batteries Shami, Ishant, Bumrah, Pandya

In the tour to South Africa earlier this year, Indian pacers grabbed 50 wickets of just three Tests. They were high on confidence when India toured England earlier this year.

Ishant Sharma, as any overseas tour, was the lead Indian bowler. He did his job quite fantastically. He took 18 wickets with one five-fer and was the second highest wicket-taker of the series.

Mohammed Shami seized 16 wickets in five Tests and was the second highest wicket-taker for India.

Although Jasprit Bumrah played only three Tests, he was able to secure 14 of English wickets. His five-fer in his returning Test helped India make a comeback in the third Test. He is named as the best Fast-bowler of the present generation.

Hardik Pandya, albeit a batting all-rounder, was able to snag 10 wickets in four Tests. His five wickets of 6 overs in the first Innings led India to a victory in the third Test.

Umesh Yadav played only the first Test and took 3 wickets. Had the batsmen showed a little support to Virat Kohli and the bowlers, India could have won this series quite comprehensively.