Playing for Karnataka all his career, Sunil Joshi managed 479 wickets in the Ranji Trophy over a span of almost 20 years. The left-arm bowler was once a regular for the Indian ODI team and played 15 test matches for the country as well.
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Not just that, the left-hander also played in the Indian Premier League for Royal Challengers Bangalore but couldn't impress much.
#2 Srinivas Venkataraghavan
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
Venkataraghavan completes the spin quartet in this list of top Ranji wicket-takers and occupies the second position. In 96 appearances, the off-spinner has 530 Ranji wickets to his name.
Not only that, the Tamil Nadu bowler has 156 wickets in 57 test matches for India. As far as first-class matches are concerned, Venkataraghavan bagged 1390 wickets in 341 matches.
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