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Here I have compiled the list of 10 greatest Asian ODI bowlers ever.

1. Wasim Akram
2. Muttiah Muralitharan
3. Saqlain Mushtaq
4. Waqar Younis
5. Chaminda Vaas
6. Shoaib Akhtar
7. Kapil Dev
8. Imran Khan
9. Lasith Malinga
10. Mohammad Shami/Jasprit Bumrah

No surprises the list is dominated by Pakistani bowlers. Only two spinners find a place in top 10, Muralitharan and Saqlain.

Discuss.
 
Here I have compiled the list of 10 greatest Asian ODI bowlers ever.

1. Wasim Akram
2. Muttiah Muralitharan
3. Saqlain Mushtaq
4. Waqar Younis
5. Chaminda Vaas
6. Shoaib Akhtar
7. Kapil Dev
8. Imran Khan
9. Lasith Malinga
10. Mohammad Shami/Jasprit Bumrah

No surprises the list is dominated by Pakistani bowlers. Only two spinners find a place in top 10, Muralitharan and Saqlain.

Discuss.

Don't you think 6 is a bit high for Akhtar? You really think he is ahead of Imran, Malinga and Bumrah?
 
Here I have compiled the list of 10 greatest Asian ODI bowlers ever.

1. Wasim Akram
2. Muttiah Muralitharan
3. Saqlain Mushtaq
4. Waqar Younis
5. Chaminda Vaas
6. Shoaib Akhtar
7. Kapil Dev
8. Imran Khan
9. Lasith Malinga
10. Mohammad Shami/Jasprit Bumrah

No surprises the list is dominated by Pakistani bowlers. Only two spinners find a place in top 10, Muralitharan and Saqlain.

Discuss.

Imran will be fifth in that list for me, if not higher. I’m aware of his average of 26+ (still better than Kapil or Vaas), but that doesn't tell how good an ODI bowler he was, because his stats are diluted with stats from his last 4 years (after first retirement). In his first 100 games (roughly around the WC 1987 SF), he took something like 120 wickets at ~20-21 with remarkable economy and those were cricket days not cursed by globalisation - you play against teams & players to a certain minimum standard, no free meal. And, in ODI I’ll definitely put Saqline over Murali during respective peak 6 years. Murali was exceptionally good, but Saq was unique - only of his own kind. But, Murali did maintain very very high standards for almost two decades. Also, AQadir will find a spot in my top ten for sure - he was a better ODI bowler than he was in Test, most people don’t know what he did in 1983 & 1987 WCs and those days, WC was the only avenue where most top players would run desperately, bilaterals were almost like a fun time.

It’s really difficult to digest where PAK cricket has gone in last 20-25 years. If you make a Test list, it’ll be almost identical - and you’ll have to add Fazal Mahmood in that mix also. If you do that for players debuted in last 20 years .... you know.
 
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1. Akram
2. Murali
3. Malinga
4. Saqlain
5. Kapil
6. Imran
7. Qadir
8. Vaas
9. Waqar
10. Akhtar

Zaheer Khan narrowly misses out.

Giving more marks to ICC tournaments, Waqar was a disappointment in big matches while Malinga was amazing. After their retirements Bumrah, Amir and maybe Shami/Kuldeep can make the list unless they decine big time. Hope for Fizz to enter that list one day.
 
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Don't you think 6 is a bit high for Akhtar? You really think he is ahead of Imran, Malinga and Bumrah?

Akhtar's average is better than Imran and Malinga with more wickets than Imran, so picked him ahead. Bumrah is still young but because of that economy I have him in top 10.
 
Imran will be fifth in that list for me, if not higher. I’m aware of his average of 26+ (still better than Kapil or Vaas), but that doesn't tell how good an ODI bowler he was, because his stats are diluted with stats from his last 4 years (after first retirement). In his first 100 games (roughly around the WC 1987 SF), he took something like 120 wickets at ~20-21 with remarkable economy and those were cricket days not cursed by globalisation - you play against teams & players to a certain minimum standard, no free meal. And, in ODI I’ll definitely put Saqline over Murali during respective peak 6 years. Murali was exceptionally good, but Saq was unique - only of his own kind. But, Murali did maintain very very high standards for almost two decades. Also, AQadir will find a spot in my top ten for sure - he was a better ODI bowler than he was in Test, most people don’t know what he did in 1983 & 1987 WCs and those days, WC was the only avenue where most top players would run desperately, bilaterals were almost like a fun time.

It’s really difficult to digest where PAK cricket has gone in last 20-25 years. If you make a Test list, it’ll be almost identical - and you’ll have to add Fazal Mahmood in that mix also. If you do that for players debuted in last 20 years .... you know.

Didn't knew about Imran that good in ODIs except last few years. Great numbers that, used to think he was not as good in ODIs a bowler as in tests. Definitely should be higher then.
 
Kapil and Imran either way is ok for me, but neither of them will be in top 4. Imran had 182 wickets, avg 26.61, economy 3.89 while Kapil's numbers read 253 wickets, avg 27.45, economy 3.71.
 
200+ ODI wickets

[table=width: 600, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Wkts [/td][td]Ave [/td][td]Econ [/td][td]SR [/td][td]4W [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK) [/td][td]1995-2003 [/td][td]169 [/td][td]288 [/td][td]21.78 [/td][td]4.29 [/td][td]30.4 [/td][td]11 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]M Muralitharan (SL) [/td][td]1993-2011 [/td][td]343 [/td][td]523 [/td][td]23.07 [/td][td]3.92 [/td][td]35.2 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wasim Akram (PAK) [/td][td]1984-2003 [/td][td]356 [/td][td]502 [/td][td]23.52 [/td][td]3.89 [/td][td]36.2 [/td][td]17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Waqar Younis (PAK) [/td][td]1989-2003 [/td][td]262 [/td][td]416 [/td][td]23.84 [/td][td]4.68 [/td][td]30.5 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shoaib Akhtar (PAK) [/td][td]1998-2011 [/td][td]158 [/td][td]241 [/td][td]24.7 [/td][td]4.75 [/td][td]31.1 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]WPUJC Vaas (SL) [/td][td]1994-2008 [/td][td]321 [/td][td]399 [/td][td]27.45 [/td][td]4.18 [/td][td]39.4 [/td][td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]N Kapil Dev (INDIA) [/td][td]1978-1994 [/td][td]225 [/td][td]253 [/td][td]27.45 [/td][td]3.71 [/td][td]44.2 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AB Agarkar (INDIA) [/td][td]1998-2007 [/td][td]191 [/td][td]288 [/td][td]27.85 [/td][td]5.07 [/td][td]32.9 [/td][td]10 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]J Srinath (INDIA) [/td][td]1991-2003 [/td][td]229 [/td][td]315 [/td][td]28.08 [/td][td]4.44 [/td][td]37.8 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SL Malinga (SL) [/td][td]2004-2019 [/td][td]226 [/td][td]338 [/td][td]28.87 [/td][td]5.35 [/td][td]32.3 [/td][td]11 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Abdur Razzak (BDESH) [/td][td]2004-2014 [/td][td]153 [/td][td]207 [/td][td]29.29 [/td][td]4.56 [/td][td]38.4 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Z Khan (INDIA) [/td][td]2000-2012 [/td][td]194 [/td][td]269 [/td][td]30.11 [/td][td]4.95 [/td][td]36.4 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shakib Al Hasan (BDESH) [/td][td]2006-2019 [/td][td]206 [/td][td]260 [/td][td]30.21 [/td][td]4.48 [/td][td]40.4 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]A Kumble (INDIA) [/td][td]1990-2007 [/td][td]269 [/td][td]334 [/td][td]30.83 [/td][td]4.29 [/td][td]43 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Abdul Razzaq (PAK) [/td][td]1996-2011 [/td][td]261 [/td][td]268 [/td][td]31.53 [/td][td]4.67 [/td][td]40.4 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mashrafe Mortaza (BDESH) [/td][td]2001-2020 [/td][td]218 [/td][td]269 [/td][td]32.65 [/td][td]4.86 [/td][td]40.2 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Harbhajan Singh (INDIA) [/td][td]1998-2015 [/td][td]234 [/td][td]265 [/td][td]33.47 [/td][td]4.3 [/td][td]46.6 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shahid Afridi (PAK) [/td][td]1996-2015 [/td][td]393 [/td][td]393 [/td][td]34.53 [/td][td]4.62 [/td][td]44.7 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]ST Jayasuriya (SL) [/td][td]1989-2011 [/td][td]441 [/td][td]320 [/td][td]36.67 [/td][td]4.77 [/td][td]46 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
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100-199 ODI Wickets
[table=width: 600, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Wkts [/td][td]Ave [/td][td]Econ [/td][td]SR [/td][td]4W [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rashid Khan (AFG) [/td][td]2015-2019 [/td][td]71 [/td][td]133 [/td][td]18.54 [/td][td]4.16 [/td][td]26.7 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]BAW Mendis (SL) [/td][td]2008-2015 [/td][td]87 [/td][td]152 [/td][td]21.86 [/td][td]4.8 [/td][td]27.3 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Saeed Ajmal (PAK) [/td][td]2008-2015 [/td][td]113 [/td][td]184 [/td][td]22.72 [/td][td]4.18 [/td][td]32.6 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mustafizur Rahman (BDESH) [/td][td]2015-2020 [/td][td]58 [/td][td]109 [/td][td]23.04 [/td][td]5.22 [/td][td]26.4 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]JJ Bumrah (INDIA) [/td][td]2016-2020 [/td][td]64 [/td][td]104 [/td][td]24.43 [/td][td]4.55 [/td][td]32.1 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammed Shami (INDIA) [/td][td]2013-2020 [/td][td]77 [/td][td]144 [/td][td]25.42 [/td][td]5.58 [/td][td]27.2 [/td][td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Abdul Qadir (PAK) [/td][td]1983-1993 [/td][td]104 [/td][td]132 [/td][td]26.16 [/td][td]4.06 [/td][td]38.6 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Kuldeep Yadav (INDIA) [/td][td]2017-2020 [/td][td]60 [/td][td]104 [/td][td]26.16 [/td][td]5.11 [/td][td]30.6 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Imran Khan (PAK) [/td][td]1974-1992 [/td][td]175 [/td][td]182 [/td][td]26.61 [/td][td]3.89 [/td][td]40.9 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MF Maharoof (SL) [/td][td]2004-2016 [/td][td]109 [/td][td]135 [/td][td]28.06 [/td][td]4.89 [/td][td]34.3 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]M Prabhakar (INDIA) [/td][td]1984-1996 [/td][td]130 [/td][td]157 [/td][td]28.87 [/td][td]4.27 [/td][td]40.5 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Junaid Khan (PAK) [/td][td]2011-2019 [/td][td]76 [/td][td]110 [/td][td]29.23 [/td][td]5.35 [/td][td]32.7 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Naved-ul-Hasan (PAK) [/td][td]2003-2010 [/td][td]74 [/td][td]110 [/td][td]29.28 [/td][td]5.57 [/td][td]31.5 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Umar Gul (PAK) [/td][td]2003-2016 [/td][td]130 [/td][td]179 [/td][td]29.34 [/td][td]5.19 [/td][td]33.8 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Sami (PAK) [/td][td]2001-2015 [/td][td]87 [/td][td]121 [/td][td]29.47 [/td][td]4.99 [/td][td]35.4 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]IK Pathan (INDIA) [/td][td]2004-2012 [/td][td]120 [/td][td]173 [/td][td]29.72 [/td][td]5.26 [/td][td]33.8 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DNT Zoysa (SL) [/td][td]1997-2007 [/td][td]95 [/td][td]108 [/td][td]29.75 [/td][td]4.52 [/td][td]39.4 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Dawlat Zadran (AFG) [/td][td]2011-2019 [/td][td]82 [/td][td]115 [/td][td]29.76 [/td][td]5.44 [/td][td]32.7 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]CRD Fernando (SL) [/td][td]2001-2012 [/td][td]146 [/td][td]183 [/td][td]30.66 [/td][td]5.22 [/td][td]35.2 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mudassar Nazar (PAK) [/td][td]1977-1989 [/td][td]122 [/td][td]111 [/td][td]30.91 [/td][td]4.24 [/td][td]43.7 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]I Sharma (INDIA) [/td][td]2007-2016 [/td][td]80 [/td][td]115 [/td][td]30.98 [/td][td]5.72 [/td][td]32.4 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Aaqib Javed (PAK) [/td][td]1988-1998 [/td][td]163 [/td][td]182 [/td][td]31.43 [/td][td]4.28 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]A Nehra (INDIA) [/td][td]2001-2011 [/td][td]117 [/td][td]155 [/td][td]31.6 [/td][td]5.21 [/td][td]36.3 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]UDU Chandana (SL) [/td][td]1994-2007 [/td][td]147 [/td][td]151 [/td][td]31.9 [/td][td]4.7 [/td][td]40.6 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]BKV Prasad (INDIA) [/td][td]1994-2001 [/td][td]161 [/td][td]196 [/td][td]32.3 [/td][td]4.67 [/td][td]41.4 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RAS Lakmal (SL) [/td][td]2009-2019 [/td][td]85 [/td][td]107 [/td][td]32.5 [/td][td]5.45 [/td][td]35.7 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Nabi (AFG) [/td][td]2009-2019 [/td][td]124 [/td][td]130 [/td][td]32.54 [/td][td]4.28 [/td][td]45.5 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]R Ashwin (INDIA) [/td][td]2010-2017 [/td][td]111 [/td][td]150 [/td][td]32.91 [/td][td]4.91 [/td][td]40.1 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]NLTC Perera (SL) [/td][td]2009-2020 [/td][td]164 [/td][td]172 [/td][td]32.95 [/td][td]5.83 [/td][td]33.8 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK) [/td][td]1989-2003 [/td][td]144 [/td][td]161 [/td][td]33.29 [/td][td]4.26 [/td][td]46.8 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AD Mathews (SL) [/td][td]2008-2020 [/td][td]217 [/td][td]120 [/td][td]33.35 [/td][td]4.62 [/td][td]43.2 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]UT Yadav (INDIA) [/td][td]2010-2018 [/td][td]75 [/td][td]106 [/td][td]33.63 [/td][td]6.01 [/td][td]33.5 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]KMDN Kulasekara (SL) [/td][td]2003-2017 [/td][td]184 [/td][td]199 [/td][td]33.92 [/td][td]4.9 [/td][td]41.5 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rubel Hossain (BDESH) [/td][td]2009-2019 [/td][td]101 [/td][td]126 [/td][td]34.12 [/td][td]5.68 [/td][td]36 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]B Kumar (INDIA) [/td][td]2012-2019 [/td][td]114 [/td][td]132 [/td][td]34.6 [/td][td]5.02 [/td][td]41.2 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wahab Riaz (PAK) [/td][td]2008-2019 [/td][td]89 [/td][td]115 [/td][td]34.87 [/td][td]5.71 [/td][td]36.6 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RJ Shastri (INDIA) [/td][td]1981-1992 [/td][td]150 [/td][td]129 [/td][td]36.04 [/td][td]4.21 [/td][td]51.2 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]HDPK Dharmasena (SL) [/td][td]1994-2004 [/td][td]141 [/td][td]138 [/td][td]36.21 [/td][td]4.27 [/td][td]50.7 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RA Jadeja (INDIA) [/td][td]2009-2020 [/td][td]165 [/td][td]187 [/td][td]36.57 [/td][td]4.89 [/td][td]44.7 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SC Ganguly (INDIA) [/td][td]1992-2007 [/td][td]308 [/td][td]100 [/td][td]38.35 [/td][td]5.06 [/td][td]45.4 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Yuvraj Singh (INDIA) [/td][td]2000-2017 [/td][td]301 [/td][td]110 [/td][td]38.42 [/td][td]5.08 [/td][td]45.3 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Rafique (BDESH) [/td][td]1995-2007 [/td][td]123 [/td][td]119 [/td][td]38.75 [/td][td]4.39 [/td][td]52.8 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Hafeez (PAK) [/td][td]2003-2019 [/td][td]218 [/td][td]139 [/td][td]38.84 [/td][td]4.18 [/td][td]55.6 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Azhar Mahmood (PAK) [/td][td]1996-2007 [/td][td]143 [/td][td]123 [/td][td]39.13 [/td][td]4.62 [/td][td]50.7 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shoaib Malik (PAK) [/td][td]1999-2019 [/td][td]287 [/td][td]158 [/td][td]39.18 [/td][td]4.66 [/td][td]50.3 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]PA de Silva (SL) [/td][td]1984-2003 [/td][td]308 [/td][td]106 [/td][td]39.4 [/td][td]4.86 [/td][td]48.5 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GP Wickramasinghe (SL) [/td][td]1990-2002 [/td][td]134 [/td][td]109 [/td][td]39.64 [/td][td]4.53 [/td][td]52.4 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SR Tendulkar (INDIA) [/td][td]1989-2012 [/td][td]463 [/td][td]154 [/td][td]44.48 [/td][td]5.1 [/td][td]52.2 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]TM Dilshan (SL) [/td][td]1999-2016 [/td][td]330 [/td][td]106 [/td][td]45.07 [/td][td]4.87 [/td][td]55.4 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
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Oh yes Ajmal - I believe OP left him out for a reason, otherwise that guy was absolute magic; more than average, that economy for a spinner in “modern” era is absolutely mind blowing. The guy had another issue - I don’t think he ever won a MoM; they day he performed, PCT managed to lose the game some how!!!!!
 
Didn't knew about Imran that good in ODIs except last few years. Great numbers that, used to think he was not as good in ODIs a bowler as in tests. Definitely should be higher then.

He was the bowler of 1987 WC, arguably for 1979 as well ...... and he didn’t bowl a single ball in the WC either side of which world saw the most menacing pacer in the history of the game ~ 200 Test wickets at 19 in a decade, most of those played on absolute roads; and remember; those days outside Australia, ODIs were also played by same red cherry.

PM Imran is a mystery even for PAK Passion as well - most of “naujuan” PAK posters don’t have any clue what he brought to PAK cricket. He assembled a war machine out of shambles ... he was both the Erwin Rommel & Montgomery of that force.
 
Akram
Murali
Malinga
Waqar
Imran
Akhtar
Kapil/Vaas
Kumble
Herath
Saqlain
 
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1. Wasim
2. Murali
3. Waqar
4. Saqlain
5. Kapil
6. Akhtar
7. Vaas
8. Imraan
9. Ajmal
10. Malinga
 
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Shoaib Akhtar
Imran Khan
Abdul Qadir
Saqlain Mushtaq
Mutiah Muralitharan
Chaminda Vas
Javagal Srinath
Anil Kumble
 
Wasim Akram
Muralitharan
Lasith Malinga
Waqar Younis
Saqlain
Kapil
Imran
Shoaib Akhtar
Chaminda Vaas
Jasprit Bumrah

I think Malinga is very under rated. He has been around for 15 years & still good enough to wreck havoc on his day - as England found out hard way in 2019 WC. Waqar was devastating during his purple patch ( 89-94 ) but not so great after 1995

Bumrah should make it Top 5 slot if he maintains his current form for next few years
 
200+ ODI wickets

[table=width: 600, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Wkts [/td][td]Ave [/td][td]Econ [/td][td]SR [/td][td]4W [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK) [/td][td]1995-2003 [/td][td]169 [/td][td]288 [/td][td]21.78 [/td][td]4.29 [/td][td]30.4 [/td][td]11 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]M Muralitharan (SL) [/td][td]1993-2011 [/td][td]343 [/td][td]523 [/td][td]23.07 [/td][td]3.92 [/td][td]35.2 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wasim Akram (PAK) [/td][td]1984-2003 [/td][td]356 [/td][td]502 [/td][td]23.52 [/td][td]3.89 [/td][td]36.2 [/td][td]17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Waqar Younis (PAK) [/td][td]1989-2003 [/td][td]262 [/td][td]416 [/td][td]23.84 [/td][td]4.68 [/td][td]30.5 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shoaib Akhtar (PAK) [/td][td]1998-2011 [/td][td]158 [/td][td]241 [/td][td]24.7 [/td][td]4.75 [/td][td]31.1 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]WPUJC Vaas (SL) [/td][td]1994-2008 [/td][td]321 [/td][td]399 [/td][td]27.45 [/td][td]4.18 [/td][td]39.4 [/td][td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]N Kapil Dev (INDIA) [/td][td]1978-1994 [/td][td]225 [/td][td]253 [/td][td]27.45 [/td][td]3.71 [/td][td]44.2 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AB Agarkar (INDIA) [/td][td]1998-2007 [/td][td]191 [/td][td]288 [/td][td]27.85 [/td][td]5.07 [/td][td]32.9 [/td][td]10 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]J Srinath (INDIA) [/td][td]1991-2003 [/td][td]229 [/td][td]315 [/td][td]28.08 [/td][td]4.44 [/td][td]37.8 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SL Malinga (SL) [/td][td]2004-2019 [/td][td]226 [/td][td]338 [/td][td]28.87 [/td][td]5.35 [/td][td]32.3 [/td][td]11 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Abdur Razzak (BDESH) [/td][td]2004-2014 [/td][td]153 [/td][td]207 [/td][td]29.29 [/td][td]4.56 [/td][td]38.4 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Z Khan (INDIA) [/td][td]2000-2012 [/td][td]194 [/td][td]269 [/td][td]30.11 [/td][td]4.95 [/td][td]36.4 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shakib Al Hasan (BDESH) [/td][td]2006-2019 [/td][td]206 [/td][td]260 [/td][td]30.21 [/td][td]4.48 [/td][td]40.4 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]A Kumble (INDIA) [/td][td]1990-2007 [/td][td]269 [/td][td]334 [/td][td]30.83 [/td][td]4.29 [/td][td]43 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Abdul Razzaq (PAK) [/td][td]1996-2011 [/td][td]261 [/td][td]268 [/td][td]31.53 [/td][td]4.67 [/td][td]40.4 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mashrafe Mortaza (BDESH) [/td][td]2001-2020 [/td][td]218 [/td][td]269 [/td][td]32.65 [/td][td]4.86 [/td][td]40.2 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Harbhajan Singh (INDIA) [/td][td]1998-2015 [/td][td]234 [/td][td]265 [/td][td]33.47 [/td][td]4.3 [/td][td]46.6 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shahid Afridi (PAK) [/td][td]1996-2015 [/td][td]393 [/td][td]393 [/td][td]34.53 [/td][td]4.62 [/td][td]44.7 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]ST Jayasuriya (SL) [/td][td]1989-2011 [/td][td]441 [/td][td]320 [/td][td]36.67 [/td][td]4.77 [/td][td]46 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[/table]

100-199 ODI Wickets
[table=width: 600, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Wkts [/td][td]Ave [/td][td]Econ [/td][td]SR [/td][td]4W [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rashid Khan (AFG) [/td][td]2015-2019 [/td][td]71 [/td][td]133 [/td][td]18.54 [/td][td]4.16 [/td][td]26.7 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]BAW Mendis (SL) [/td][td]2008-2015 [/td][td]87 [/td][td]152 [/td][td]21.86 [/td][td]4.8 [/td][td]27.3 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Saeed Ajmal (PAK) [/td][td]2008-2015 [/td][td]113 [/td][td]184 [/td][td]22.72 [/td][td]4.18 [/td][td]32.6 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mustafizur Rahman (BDESH) [/td][td]2015-2020 [/td][td]58 [/td][td]109 [/td][td]23.04 [/td][td]5.22 [/td][td]26.4 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]JJ Bumrah (INDIA) [/td][td]2016-2020 [/td][td]64 [/td][td]104 [/td][td]24.43 [/td][td]4.55 [/td][td]32.1 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammed Shami (INDIA) [/td][td]2013-2020 [/td][td]77 [/td][td]144 [/td][td]25.42 [/td][td]5.58 [/td][td]27.2 [/td][td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Abdul Qadir (PAK) [/td][td]1983-1993 [/td][td]104 [/td][td]132 [/td][td]26.16 [/td][td]4.06 [/td][td]38.6 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Kuldeep Yadav (INDIA) [/td][td]2017-2020 [/td][td]60 [/td][td]104 [/td][td]26.16 [/td][td]5.11 [/td][td]30.6 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Imran Khan (PAK) [/td][td]1974-1992 [/td][td]175 [/td][td]182 [/td][td]26.61 [/td][td]3.89 [/td][td]40.9 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MF Maharoof (SL) [/td][td]2004-2016 [/td][td]109 [/td][td]135 [/td][td]28.06 [/td][td]4.89 [/td][td]34.3 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]M Prabhakar (INDIA) [/td][td]1984-1996 [/td][td]130 [/td][td]157 [/td][td]28.87 [/td][td]4.27 [/td][td]40.5 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Junaid Khan (PAK) [/td][td]2011-2019 [/td][td]76 [/td][td]110 [/td][td]29.23 [/td][td]5.35 [/td][td]32.7 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Naved-ul-Hasan (PAK) [/td][td]2003-2010 [/td][td]74 [/td][td]110 [/td][td]29.28 [/td][td]5.57 [/td][td]31.5 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Umar Gul (PAK) [/td][td]2003-2016 [/td][td]130 [/td][td]179 [/td][td]29.34 [/td][td]5.19 [/td][td]33.8 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Sami (PAK) [/td][td]2001-2015 [/td][td]87 [/td][td]121 [/td][td]29.47 [/td][td]4.99 [/td][td]35.4 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]IK Pathan (INDIA) [/td][td]2004-2012 [/td][td]120 [/td][td]173 [/td][td]29.72 [/td][td]5.26 [/td][td]33.8 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DNT Zoysa (SL) [/td][td]1997-2007 [/td][td]95 [/td][td]108 [/td][td]29.75 [/td][td]4.52 [/td][td]39.4 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Dawlat Zadran (AFG) [/td][td]2011-2019 [/td][td]82 [/td][td]115 [/td][td]29.76 [/td][td]5.44 [/td][td]32.7 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]CRD Fernando (SL) [/td][td]2001-2012 [/td][td]146 [/td][td]183 [/td][td]30.66 [/td][td]5.22 [/td][td]35.2 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mudassar Nazar (PAK) [/td][td]1977-1989 [/td][td]122 [/td][td]111 [/td][td]30.91 [/td][td]4.24 [/td][td]43.7 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]I Sharma (INDIA) [/td][td]2007-2016 [/td][td]80 [/td][td]115 [/td][td]30.98 [/td][td]5.72 [/td][td]32.4 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Aaqib Javed (PAK) [/td][td]1988-1998 [/td][td]163 [/td][td]182 [/td][td]31.43 [/td][td]4.28 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]A Nehra (INDIA) [/td][td]2001-2011 [/td][td]117 [/td][td]155 [/td][td]31.6 [/td][td]5.21 [/td][td]36.3 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]UDU Chandana (SL) [/td][td]1994-2007 [/td][td]147 [/td][td]151 [/td][td]31.9 [/td][td]4.7 [/td][td]40.6 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]BKV Prasad (INDIA) [/td][td]1994-2001 [/td][td]161 [/td][td]196 [/td][td]32.3 [/td][td]4.67 [/td][td]41.4 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RAS Lakmal (SL) [/td][td]2009-2019 [/td][td]85 [/td][td]107 [/td][td]32.5 [/td][td]5.45 [/td][td]35.7 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Nabi (AFG) [/td][td]2009-2019 [/td][td]124 [/td][td]130 [/td][td]32.54 [/td][td]4.28 [/td][td]45.5 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]R Ashwin (INDIA) [/td][td]2010-2017 [/td][td]111 [/td][td]150 [/td][td]32.91 [/td][td]4.91 [/td][td]40.1 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]NLTC Perera (SL) [/td][td]2009-2020 [/td][td]164 [/td][td]172 [/td][td]32.95 [/td][td]5.83 [/td][td]33.8 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK) [/td][td]1989-2003 [/td][td]144 [/td][td]161 [/td][td]33.29 [/td][td]4.26 [/td][td]46.8 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AD Mathews (SL) [/td][td]2008-2020 [/td][td]217 [/td][td]120 [/td][td]33.35 [/td][td]4.62 [/td][td]43.2 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]UT Yadav (INDIA) [/td][td]2010-2018 [/td][td]75 [/td][td]106 [/td][td]33.63 [/td][td]6.01 [/td][td]33.5 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]KMDN Kulasekara (SL) [/td][td]2003-2017 [/td][td]184 [/td][td]199 [/td][td]33.92 [/td][td]4.9 [/td][td]41.5 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rubel Hossain (BDESH) [/td][td]2009-2019 [/td][td]101 [/td][td]126 [/td][td]34.12 [/td][td]5.68 [/td][td]36 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]B Kumar (INDIA) [/td][td]2012-2019 [/td][td]114 [/td][td]132 [/td][td]34.6 [/td][td]5.02 [/td][td]41.2 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wahab Riaz (PAK) [/td][td]2008-2019 [/td][td]89 [/td][td]115 [/td][td]34.87 [/td][td]5.71 [/td][td]36.6 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RJ Shastri (INDIA) [/td][td]1981-1992 [/td][td]150 [/td][td]129 [/td][td]36.04 [/td][td]4.21 [/td][td]51.2 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]HDPK Dharmasena (SL) [/td][td]1994-2004 [/td][td]141 [/td][td]138 [/td][td]36.21 [/td][td]4.27 [/td][td]50.7 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RA Jadeja (INDIA) [/td][td]2009-2020 [/td][td]165 [/td][td]187 [/td][td]36.57 [/td][td]4.89 [/td][td]44.7 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SC Ganguly (INDIA) [/td][td]1992-2007 [/td][td]308 [/td][td]100 [/td][td]38.35 [/td][td]5.06 [/td][td]45.4 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Yuvraj Singh (INDIA) [/td][td]2000-2017 [/td][td]301 [/td][td]110 [/td][td]38.42 [/td][td]5.08 [/td][td]45.3 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Rafique (BDESH) [/td][td]1995-2007 [/td][td]123 [/td][td]119 [/td][td]38.75 [/td][td]4.39 [/td][td]52.8 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Hafeez (PAK) [/td][td]2003-2019 [/td][td]218 [/td][td]139 [/td][td]38.84 [/td][td]4.18 [/td][td]55.6 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Azhar Mahmood (PAK) [/td][td]1996-2007 [/td][td]143 [/td][td]123 [/td][td]39.13 [/td][td]4.62 [/td][td]50.7 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shoaib Malik (PAK) [/td][td]1999-2019 [/td][td]287 [/td][td]158 [/td][td]39.18 [/td][td]4.66 [/td][td]50.3 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]PA de Silva (SL) [/td][td]1984-2003 [/td][td]308 [/td][td]106 [/td][td]39.4 [/td][td]4.86 [/td][td]48.5 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GP Wickramasinghe (SL) [/td][td]1990-2002 [/td][td]134 [/td][td]109 [/td][td]39.64 [/td][td]4.53 [/td][td]52.4 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SR Tendulkar (INDIA) [/td][td]1989-2012 [/td][td]463 [/td][td]154 [/td][td]44.48 [/td][td]5.1 [/td][td]52.2 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]TM Dilshan (SL) [/td][td]1999-2016 [/td][td]330 [/td][td]106 [/td][td]45.07 [/td][td]4.87 [/td][td]55.4 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[/table]

Amir not even in the list of 100 wickets ... poor Amir, adding to this he also quit from red-ball cricket, with all the talent he has doesnt have that firepower to achieve great heights... An underachiever for his talent.
 
Amir not even in the list of 100 wickets ... poor Amir, adding to this he also quit from red-ball cricket, with all the talent he has doesnt have that firepower to achieve great heights... An underachiever for his talent.

81 ODI wickets at average of 29.61.

119 test wickets, retired at average of 30.5.
 
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