How has been Nathan Lyon's performance against India? Know the statistics

Lyon has taken 121 wickets against India

Right-arm spinner Lyon has performed well in Test matches against the Indian cricket team.

Lyon has taken 121 wickets in 27 Test matches against India at an average of 31.56. During this period, he has taken 5 wickets in an innings 9 times and 10 wickets in a match twice.

His best performance in the innings against India has been taking 8 wickets for 50 runs.

Lyon is the bowler with the second highest number of test wickets against India.

Lyon is the second highest wicket taker in Test cricket against India. Former English fast bowler James Anderson has taken more wickets than Lyon in the Test against India.

Anderson has taken 149 wickets in 39 Tests against India. After Anderson and Lyon, the name of former Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is in this list.

Muralitharan took 105 wickets in 22 Test matches against India at an average of 32.61.

Lyon is the third highest wicket taking bowler in Australia

Lyon is the third highest wicket taker on Australian soil. He has taken 259 wickets in 67 Tests at home at an average of 30.88.

Meanwhile, he has also taken 5 wickets in 9 innings.

Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath have taken more wickets than Lyon in Australia.

Let us tell you that in Australia, Warne took 319 wickets at an average of 26.39 and McGrath took 289 wickets at an average of 22.43.

Lyon's test career has been unmatched

Lyon started his Test career in 2011 in the Galle Test against the Sri Lankan cricket team.

So far, he has taken 529 wickets in 129 Test matches with a bowling average of 30.28. During this period, his best performance in the innings has been 8 wickets for 50 runs.

So far in his Test career, he has taken 5 wicket hauls 24 times and 10 wicket hauls in the match 5 times.