WTC 2025-27: The excitement of the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 is continuously increasing. In this cycle, tremendous competition is also being seen between the bowlers. England’s fast bowler Josh Tong performed brilliantly in the first innings of the first Test match against Pakistan and completed 50 wickets in this cycle by taking 5 wickets. With this he has become the bowler taking the most wickets in the current cycle. In this series, let us know who are the top-5 batsmen who have taken the most wickets in the WTC 2025-27 cycle, an Indian bowler is also included in this.
Top-5 bowlers who took most wickets in WTC 2025-27
1. Josh Tongue
England’s fast bowler Josh Tongue is on top in terms of taking the most wickets in the World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. He has taken 50 wickets in 19 innings of this cycle. During this period he bowled 331.3 overs, which included 33 maiden overs. Tong has given runs at an economy of 4.09 and his best performance in an innings is 5/45.
2. Mitchell Starc
Australia’s star fast bowler Mitchell Starc is at second place in this list, who has taken a total of 48 wickets in 18 innings of 9 Test matches played so far in this cycle. He is just 2 steps away from touching the 50 wicket mark. He can touch this figure in the second test against Bangladesh.
3. Mohammad Siraj
Indian fast bowler Mohammad Siraj is at third place in terms of taking most wickets in the World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. He has taken a total of 41 wickets in 10 matches played in the current cycle. Apart from this, he has bowled 301.3 overs in 19 innings, in which he has given 1094 runs. Recently, he took 2 wickets in the first test match played against Sri Lanka.
4. Ben Stokes
The name of former England captain Ben Stokes is also included in this list, who took 39 wickets in 20 innings of 11 Test matches in the current cycle. Recently, Stokes surprised everyone by announcing his retirement after the third Test match played against New Zealand. After his retirement, the ECB appointed Joe Root as the captain of the England Test team.
5. Shamar Joseph
The fifth and last name in this list is that of West Indies’ Shamar Joseph. Who has taken 35 wickets in 14 innings of 7 Test matches played in the current cycle. The special thing is that in the World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle, all the top-5 bowlers are fast bowlers.