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Asia's top 10 bowlers of all-time (Tests)

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Below I have made a list of top 10 Asian bowlers ever. Assuming a constraint of 100 test wickets, here is my top 10.

Imran
Wasim
Muralitharan
Waqar
Kapil
Qadir
Kumble
Akhtar
Ashwin
Vaas

What will be your picks? Discuss.
 
Below I have made a list of top 10 Asian bowlers ever. Assuming a constraint of 100 test wickets, here is my top 10.

Imran
Wasim
Muralitharan
Waqar
Kapil
Qadir
Kumble
Akhtar
Ashwin
Vaas

What will be your picks? Discuss.

Only tests!
 
Wasim
Murali
Imran
Waqar
Kapil
Kumble
Akhtar
Chandra
Ashwin
Vaas

Fast bowlers(only):-

Wasim
Imran
Waqar
Kapil
Akhtar
Vaas
Shami
Zaheer
Srinath
Ishant

Asif, Bumrah and Malinga not enough games to be considered.
 
Wasim
Murali
Imran
Waqar
Kapil
Kumble
Akhtar
Chandra
Ashwin
Vaas

Fast bowlers(only):-

Wasim
Imran
Waqar
Kapil
Akhtar
Vaas
Shami
Zaheer
Srinath
Ishant

Asif, Bumrah and Malinga not enough games to be considered.

Fazal Mahmood is up there as well, had a big role in Pakistan's remarkable start to test cricket.
 
In order of match winning ability

1. Murali
2. Wasim
3. Waqar
4. Imran
5. Vaas
6. Akhtar
7. Kumble
8. Qadir
9. Kapil
10. Ashwin
 
Wasim
Murali
Imran
Waqar
Kapil
Kumble
Akhtar
Chandra
Ashwin
Vaas

Fast bowlers(only):-

Wasim
Imran
Waqar
Kapil
Akhtar
Vaas
Shami
Zaheer
Srinath
Ishant

Asif, Bumrah and Malinga not enough games to be considered.

agree with this but shami above akthar. averages isn't everything. ashwin and jaddu lack longevity so far but I would put them ahead of kumble in the future.
 
Below I have made a list of top 10 Asian bowlers ever. Assuming a constraint of 100 test wickets, here is my top 10.

Imran
Wasim
Muralitharan
Waqar
Kapil
Qadir
Kumble
Akhtar
Ashwin
Vaas

What will be your picks? Discuss.
I agree with the top five in that order. I would push Kumble up the list.
 
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younus
Muralitharan
Vaas
Shoaib Akhtar
Kumble
Malinga (ODI's and T20s)
Bumrah
Ashwin
Amir
 
Muralitharan, Imran, Wasim, Waqar and Kapil would be my Top 5.

Fazal, Kumble, Ashwin, Qadir and Vaas the bottom 5.

Asif could have easily grabbed a spot in this list, had he used his brains more often.
 
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Muralitharan, Imran, Wasim, Waqar and Kapil would be my Top 5.

Fazal, Kumble, Ashwin, Qadir and Vaas the bottom 5.

Asif could have easily grabbed a spot in this list, had he used his brains more often.

No Rawalpindi Express?
 
bumrah will be number 1 when he retires.
shami top 10.

I would have expected Bumrah to do a lot better in helpful NZ conditions.

He's good but far from being mentioned in the same breath as some of the players in this thread.

To be fair he is already the best Indian fast bowler of all time but that doesn't say much.
 
Excluding non-retired bowles

1. Muralitharan
2. Wasim
3. Imran
4. Waqar
5. Kapil
6. Kumble
7. Vaas
8. Herath
9. Akhtar
10. Bedi

Among current players Ashwin will surely get a spot. Shami and Yasir Shah has chance if they play long enough. If Ishant Sharma (avg 32.39 297 wickets) gets his average under 30 then he a shot too. Even Jadeja has a chance provided he improves his away record.

[table=width: 500, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Wkts [/td][td]Avg [/td][td]Econ [/td][td]SR [/td][td]5W [/td][td]10W [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]M Muralitharan (SL) [/td][td]1992-2010 [/td][td]132 [/td][td]795 [/td][td]22.67 [/td][td]2.47 [/td][td]54.9 [/td][td]67 [/td][td]22 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Imran Khan (PAK) [/td][td]1971-1992 [/td][td]88 [/td][td]362 [/td][td]22.81 [/td][td]2.54 [/td][td]53.7 [/td][td]23 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Waqar Younis (PAK) [/td][td]1989-2003 [/td][td]87 [/td][td]373 [/td][td]23.56 [/td][td]3.25 [/td][td]43.4 [/td][td]22 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wasim Akram (PAK) [/td][td]1985-2002 [/td][td]104 [/td][td]414 [/td][td]23.62 [/td][td]2.59 [/td][td]54.6 [/td][td]25 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RA Jadeja (INDIA) [/td][td]2012-2020 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]213 [/td][td]24.62 [/td][td]2.43 [/td][td]60.6 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]R Ashwin (INDIA) [/td][td]2011-2020 [/td][td]71 [/td][td]365 [/td][td]25.43 [/td][td]2.84 [/td][td]53.6 [/td][td]27 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shoaib Akhtar (PAK) [/td][td]1997-2007 [/td][td]46 [/td][td]178 [/td][td]25.69 [/td][td]3.37 [/td][td]45.7 [/td][td]12 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammed Shami (INDIA) [/td][td]2013-2020 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]180 [/td][td]27.36 [/td][td]3.32 [/td][td]49.4 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]HMRKB Herath (SL) [/td][td]1999-2018 [/td][td]93 [/td][td]433 [/td][td]28.07 [/td][td]2.8 [/td][td]60 [/td][td]34 [/td][td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Saeed Ajmal (PAK) [/td][td]2009-2014 [/td][td]35 [/td][td]178 [/td][td]28.1 [/td][td]2.58 [/td][td]65.1 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Iqbal Qasim (PAK) [/td][td]1976-1988 [/td][td]50 [/td][td]171 [/td][td]28.11 [/td][td]2.21 [/td][td]76.1 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]B Bedi (INDIA) [/td][td]1966-1979 [/td][td]67 [/td][td]266 [/td][td]28.71 [/td][td]2.14 [/td][td]80.3 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]WPUJC Vaas (SL) [/td][td]1994-2009 [/td][td]111 [/td][td]355 [/td][td]29.58 [/td][td]2.68 [/td][td]66 [/td][td]12 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]N Kapil Dev (INDIA) [/td][td]1978-1994 [/td][td]131 [/td][td]434 [/td][td]29.64 [/td][td]2.78 [/td][td]63.9 [/td][td]23 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]A Kumble (INDIA) [/td][td]1990-2008 [/td][td]132 [/td][td]619 [/td][td]29.65 [/td][td]2.69 [/td][td]65.9 [/td][td]35 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]B Chandrasekhar (INDIA) [/td][td]1964-1979 [/td][td]58 [/td][td]242 [/td][td]29.74 [/td][td]2.7 [/td][td]65.9 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK) [/td][td]1995-2004 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]208 [/td][td]29.83 [/td][td]2.64 [/td][td]67.6 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]EAS Prasanna (INDIA) [/td][td]1962-1978 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]189 [/td][td]30.38 [/td][td]2.4 [/td][td]75.9 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]J Srinath (INDIA) [/td][td]1991-2002 [/td][td]67 [/td][td]236 [/td][td]30.49 [/td][td]2.85 [/td][td]64 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Yasir Shah (PAK) [/td][td]2014-2020 [/td][td]39 [/td][td]213 [/td][td]30.52 [/td][td]3.19 [/td][td]57.3 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shakib Al Hasan (BDESH) [/td][td]2007-2019 [/td][td]56 [/td][td]210 [/td][td]31.12 [/td][td]3.01 [/td][td]62 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MH Mankad (INDIA) [/td][td]1946-1959 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]162 [/td][td]32.32 [/td][td]2.13 [/td][td]90.6 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]I Sharma (INDIA) [/td][td]2007-2020 [/td][td]97 [/td][td]297 [/td][td]32.39 [/td][td]3.18 [/td][td]61.1 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Harbhajan Singh (INDIA) [/td][td]1998-2015 [/td][td]103 [/td][td]417 [/td][td]32.46 [/td][td]2.84 [/td][td]68.5 [/td][td]25 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK) [/td][td]1969-1984 [/td][td]55 [/td][td]177 [/td][td]32.75 [/td][td]2.49 [/td][td]78.8 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Abdul Qadir (PAK) [/td][td]1977-1990 [/td][td]67 [/td][td]236 [/td][td]32.8 [/td][td]2.71 [/td][td]72.5 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Z Khan (INDIA) [/td][td]2000-2014 [/td][td]92 [/td][td]311 [/td][td]32.94 [/td][td]3.27 [/td][td]60.4 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK) [/td][td]1990-2003 [/td][td]52 [/td][td]185 [/td][td]32.97 [/td][td]2.92 [/td][td]67.7 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[/table]
 
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