Fastest 50 ODI wickets: Bowlers in cricket are classified into two categories apart from fasters and spinner in wicket takers and containers. The containers are those who desert the run flow and help in building pressure. But, the guys who actually do the most important task are the wicket takers. Every captain dreams of having wicket taking bowlers in his arsenal. Very few are lucky though to get these gems, so here we bring to you the ‘Top 10 bowlers with fastest 50 ODI wickets’
1. At the top of the top 10 bowlers with fastest 50 ODI wickets is A Mendis of Sri Lanka. He achieved this feat on 12 Jan, 2009 when he was playing his 19th ODI, in the match against Zimbabwe in Dhaka. He made his ODI debut on 10 April, 2008. How can anyone forget his spell V India in the 2008 Asia cup where he took 7 wickets conceding just 13 runs.
2. A Agarkar (India) is the second bowler to take fastest 50 ODI wickets. It took him just 23 ODI matches to achieve this. It was on 30th September 1998, where he got his 50th wicket while playing V the same opponent as Mendis, i.e. Zimbabwe in Harare.
3. The 3rd bowler to take Fastest 50 wickets In ODI Matches, he is none other than the legend himself, D Lillee of Australlia. It took him just one more match than Ajit Agarkar. 18 Dec, 1980 was the date when he was playing against India in Sydney and hunted his 50th ODI victim.
4. The legendary leg spinner from Australian Shane Warne is at number 4 He was playing V Sri Lanka in Colombo on 13 September, 1994, where he completed the first step of being a bowling legend. He reached the milestone of Fastest 50 Wickets in 25 matches. He was an inseparable part of the Australian team which dominated the world cricket for more than two decades. However, Indian fans will remember him as the bowler who got nightmares because of the master blaster, Sachin Tendulkar.
5. And once started, the Australians are not leaving a slot empty in the list. This shows why they are termed as Mighty. Well, the next up is yet another Australian, L Pascoe who took just 26 ODI matches to reach Fastest 50 Wickets In ODI. He achieved this feat against another big team, the West Indies in Sydney.
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