Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Players

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Shoaib Akhtar	6.3	-	19	5	7.80	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	17 Feb 2001	ODI # 1689
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	30	7	8.57	Sri Lanka	v India	Sharjah	27 Oct 2000	ODI # 1650
M Muralidaran	7.5	-	30	5	9.40	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	31 Jan 2001	ODI # 1680
JH Kallis	6.2	1	22	4	9.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	9 May 2001	ODI # 1716
Saqlain Mushtaq	8.0	-	20	5	9.60	Pakistan	v England	Rawalpindi	30 Oct 2000	ODI # 1653
M Ntini	8.2	-	37	5	10.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	11 Jan 2001	ODI # 1668
MV Nagamootoo	7.2	-	32	4	11.00	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Adelaide	25 Jan 2001	ODI # 1676
SB O'Connor	9.2	-	46	5	11.20	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Nairobi (Gym)	11 Oct 2000	ODI # 1637
Saqlain Mushtaq	7.3	1	17	4	11.25	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sharjah	15 Apr 2001	ODI # 1709
WPUJC Vaas	9.3	1	14	5	11.40	Sri Lanka	v India	Sharjah	29 Oct 2000	ODI # 1652
Shahid Afridi	10.0	1	40	5	12.00	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	27 Oct 2000	ODI # 1649
SC Ganguly	10.0	1	34	5	12.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Kanpur	11 Dec 2000	ODI # 1659
HH Streak	8.0	4	8	4	12.00	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Sydney	23 Jan 2001	ODI # 1675
KEA Upashantha	8.0	2	37	4	12.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	31 Jan 2001	ODI # 1680
Waqar Younis	8.0	-	49	4	12.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	8 Apr 2001	ODI # 1704
SK Warne	8.3	-	48	4	12.75	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	9 Feb 2001	ODI # 1687
IJ Harvey	9.0	-	28	4	13.50	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Melbourne	21 Jan 2001	ODI # 1674
DNT Zoysa	9.0	2	28	4	13.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Feb 2001	ODI # 1682
PJ Wiseman	9.2	-	45	4	14.00	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Nairobi (Gym)	9 Oct 2000	ODI # 1635
AA Donald	9.3	1	38	4	14.25	South Africa	v West Indies	St George's	6 May 2001	ODI # 1715
AB Agarkar	9.4	-	25	4	14.50	India	v Zimbabwe	Kanpur	11 Dec 2000	ODI # 1659
SM Pollock	9.5	1	36	4	14.75	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	15 Dec 2000	ODI # 1661
M Muralidaran	9.5	1	29	4	14.75	Sri Lanka	v England	Dambulla	23 Mar 2001	ODI # 1694
Azhar Mahmood	10.0	-	65	4	15.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Nairobi (Gym)	11 Oct 2000	ODI # 1637
TJ Friend	10.0	-	55	4	15.00	Zimbabwe	v India	Sharjah	22 Oct 2000	ODI # 1644
Z Khan	10.0	-	42	4	15.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	26 Oct 2000	ODI # 1648
A Symonds	10.0	1	35	4	15.00	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	11 Jan 2001	ODI # 1667
CE Cuffy	10.0	1	24	4	15.00	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	23 Jan 2001	ODI # 1675
B Lee	10.0	3	33	4	15.00	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 2001	ODI # 1677
DR Tuffey	10.0	-	24	4	15.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Napier	20 Feb 2001	ODI # 1690

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Minimum of 4 wickets
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs India at Visakhapatnam, South Africa in India 3rd ODI, Dec 6, 2025 [ODI # 4936]

India vs South Africa at Raipur, South Africa in India 2nd ODI, Dec 3, 2025 [ODI # 4935]

India vs South Africa at Ranchi, South Africa in India 1st ODI, Nov 30, 2025 [ODI # 4934]