Top 10 Bowlers With The Most Runs Wickets In ODI Cricket

The relevance of ODI cricket in recent times is only through the ODI World Cups that happens every four years. The emergence of T20 cricket and the ICC World Test Championship has made fans want more of such formats while ODI cricket is slowly becoming a dying art.

It was prevalent largely throughout the 80 and 90s with various teams touring each other. In recent times, the viewership of ODI cricket has lessened remarkably. The ICC needs to come up with ideas to save the format from extinguishing. Meanwhile, in this article, we take a look at the top 10 wicket-takers in ODI cricket.

Top 10 Bowlers With The Most Runs Wickets In ODI Cricket

Muttiah Muralitharan- 534 Wickets in 350 Matches

The former Sri Lankan spinner leads the wicket-takers list in both Test and ODI cricket. He is one of the two bowlers with more than 500 in the format. Overall, Murali ended his carer with 534 wickets with 10 fifers to his name.

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Wasim Akram- 502 Wickets in 356 Matches

Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram was one of the great exponents of swing bowling, His international career spanned almost 20 years in which he took 1000 international wickets. He ended his ODI career with 502 wickets to his name including six fifers.

Waqar Younis- 416 Wickets From 262 Matches

Waqar Younis along with Wasim Akram formed one of the deadliest bowling combinations throughout their career. Together they picked up 918 ODI wickets with 616 of them to Younis alone. He ended his career with 13 fifers, the most among the top 10 bowlers.

Chaminda Vaas- 400 Wickets In 322 Matches

Sri Lankan left-arm seamer Chaminda Vaas is the fourth bowler in this elite list of bowlers with the most ODI wickets. He is the second Lankan bowler in this list. He ended his career with 400 wickets including four fifers.

Shahid Afridi- 395 Wickets In 398 Matches

Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi finished just five short of 400 ODI wickets. Afridi was one of those maverick cricketers from Pakistan who kept the focus of world cricket on him. He bounced back from his retirement a couple of times before retiring from the game finally after the 2016 World Cup. He recently opted out of the just-concluded PSL season.

Shaun Pollock- 393 Wickets In 303 Matches

Shaun Pollock is the only South African bowler to feature in this elite list. He ended his career with 393 wickets including five fifers. He retired from the game in 2008 and since then has taken up commentary.

Glenn McGrath- 381 Wickets In 250 Matches

McGrath is one of the two Australian bowlers to feature in this elite list. He ended his career with 381 wickets and bowled against the best of batsmen in his career. Among the batsmen he dismissed most times in his ODI career are Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara.

Brett Lee- 380 Wickets In 221 Matches

Lee was one of the fastest bowlers in international cricket. He played for Australia across all three formats and dominated most batsmen during his career. He ended his career with 380 wickets in 221 matches including nine fifers. His rivalry with Sachin Tendulkar was one of the fascinating ones during his career.

Lasith Malinga- 338 Wickets In 226 Matches

Malinga is the third bowler in this list. He is among the recent ones to have retired from the game after playing it at the highest level for 12 years. His unusual action remained the talking point of his international career. However, despite that, he managed to take a bagful of wickets. He ended his career with 338 wickets including eight fifers.

Anil Kumble-337 Wickets In 271 Matches

Kumble is the only Indian bowler to feature in this list. He still remains India’s highest wicket-taker in Test and ODI cricket. He took 619 Test wickets and 337 ODI wickets including two fifers.

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