Most successful overseas spinners in India (Test cricket)
Team India's forthcoming home season is set to commence with a two-match Test series against Bangladesh. The MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, which has been favorable for spinners, will host the series opener, starting September 19. Over the years, several overseas spinners have also succeeded in India. Have a look at the highest Test wicket-takers among visiting spinners in the nation.
Nathan Lyon: 56 wickets
Australia's Nathan Lyon is the most successful visiting spinner in India in Test cricket. The ace off-spinner has taken 46 wickets since playing his maiden Test in India in 2013. Lyon has featured in 11 such Tests an averages 27.35. The tally includes 5 five-wicket hauls and a match haul of 10 wickets.
Derek Underwood: 54 wickets
Former England spinner Derek Underwood has 54 Test wickets from 16 matches in India. He played in the nation between 1972 and 1982. Underwood averaged 26.51 and recorded an economy rate of 2.03 in this regard. His tally includes a solitary five-wicket haul. His career-best innings figures (5/84) in India came in the 1977 Wankhede Test.
Richie Benaud: 52 wickets
Former Australia leg-spinner Richie Benaud took 52 Test wickets in India between 1956 and 1960. The former spinner averages an incredible 18.38 as he took just eight Tests for this. Benaud's tally includes as many as 5 five-wicket hauls and an uncanny economy rate of 1.94. Notably, Benaud is the only other visiting spinner with over 50 Test wickets in India.
