5) Ishant Sharma (India)
The only Indian and probably the best Indian pacer in recent times Ishant Sharma is at no. 5 with 36 wickets in 12 innings at an economy of 3.53 and an average of 28.86.
He had his best bowling performance of the year in July 2014 during the second Investec test at Lord's against England.
Team India played comprehensive cricket and re-wrote history when the side - led by Ishant Sharma's 7/74 - beat England by 95 runs to win any test match at Lord's after a long wait of 28 years on July 21, 2014. This was also India's first overseas win since 2011.
In the first test against New Zealand in February 2014 he took 6/134 and 3/28 in two innings, thus recorded his best match figures of 9/162 in the year but finished on a losing note.
6) Dilruwan Perera (Sri Lanka)
Sri Lanka's off break spinner Dilruwan Perera who made his test debut against Pakistan in January 2014 is 6th best bowler this year with 36 wickets in 13 innings at an economy of 2.98 and averages 30.08.
He recorded his first five wicket haul (5/109) against Bangladesh in February which was followed by his career best figures of 5/69 in second test against South Africa in July 2014. His best match figures (8/129) too came in the same match when he bagged another three protea wickets in second innings.
He came up his third five wicket haul (5/137) in the year against Pakistan in the month of August.
However it was with the bat that he made his first impression in Tests. Perera fell just 5 short of his maiden hundred in his test debut against Pakistan.
