Bowling Most Wickets Career

Players

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
M Muralidaran (SL)	2000-2001	26	26	1469	244.5	24	853	47	7/30	18.14	3.48	31.25	1	2
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2000-2001	22	22	1105	184.1	21	789	33	5/14	23.90	4.28	33.48	-	1
DNT Zoysa (SL)	2000-2001	25	25	1164	194.0	12	881	32	4/28	27.53	4.54	36.37	1	-
HH Streak (ZIM)	2000-2001	27	27	1376	229.2	16	1096	32	4/8	34.25	4.77	43.00	1	-
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2001	21	20	1096	182.4	25	617	29	4/36	21.27	3.37	37.79	1	-
JH Kallis (SA)	2000-2001	20	19	896	149.2	6	686	26	4/22	26.38	4.59	34.46	1	-
AB Agarkar (IND)	2000-2001	17	17	887	147.5	6	767	25	4/25	30.68	5.18	35.48	1	-
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	2000-2001	14	14	728	121.2	2	525	23	5/20	22.82	4.32	31.65	1	1
SK Warne (AUS)	2001-2001	13	13	737	122.5	5	599	22	4/48	27.22	4.87	33.50	1	-
Z Khan (IND)	2000-2001	18	18	923	153.5	4	751	22	4/42	34.13	4.88	41.95	1	-
DR Tuffey (NZ)	2000-2001	13	13	594	99.0	5	487	21	4/24	23.19	4.91	28.28	1	-
GD McGrath (AUS)	2000-2001	14	14	752	125.2	14	595	21	3/52	28.33	4.74	35.80	-	-
MN Samuels (WI)	2000-2001	18	18	773	128.5	4	606	21	3/25	28.85	4.70	36.80	-	-
AA Donald (SA)	2000-2001	15	14	687	114.3	9	499	20	4/38	24.95	4.35	34.35	1	-
DP Viljoen (ZIM)	2000-2001	22	21	983	163.5	1	848	20	3/46	42.40	5.17	49.15	-	-
CZ Harris (NZ)	2000-2001	28	26	1289	214.5	5	927	20	2/31	46.35	4.31	64.45	-	-
BKV Prasad (IND)	2000-2000	13	13	646	107.4	2	553	19	3/27	29.10	5.13	34.00	-	-
CE Cuffy (WI)	2001-2001	15	15	832	138.4	19	556	19	4/24	29.26	4.00	43.78	1	-
IJ Harvey (AUS)	2000-2001	12	12	637	106.1	9	496	18	4/28	27.55	4.67	35.38	1	-
BA Murphy (ZIM)	2000-2001	14	14	708	118.0	2	586	18	3/43	32.55	4.96	39.33	-	-
NJ Astle (NZ)	2000-2001	24	21	798	133.0	7	601	18	3/7	33.38	4.51	44.33	-	-
M Ntini (SA)	2000-2001	11	10	494	82.2	6	347	17	5/37	20.41	4.21	29.05	-	1
R Telemachus (SA)	2000-2001	14	14	732	122.0	12	566	17	3/25	33.29	4.63	43.05	-	-
BC Strang (ZIM)	2000-2001	20	20	1074	179.0	18	772	17	3/15	45.41	4.31	63.17	-	-
Waqar Younis (PAK)	2000-2001	11	11	552	92.0	4	497	16	4/49	31.06	5.40	34.50	1	-
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2000-2001	14	14	723	120.3	7	539	16	3/22	33.68	4.47	45.18	-	-
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2000-2001	25	23	917	152.5	3	680	16	2/30	42.50	4.44	57.31	-	-
DW Fleming (AUS)	2001-2001	10	10	528	88.0	9	423	15	3/32	28.20	4.80	35.20	-	-
CD McMillan (NZ)	2000-2001	29	17	534	89.0	4	454	15	3/20	30.26	5.10	35.60	-	-
NAM McLean (WI)	2000-2001	13	13	664	110.4	7	531	15	3/21	35.40	4.79	44.26	-	-
TJ Friend (ZIM)	2000-2001	13	13	629	104.5	3	554	15	4/55	36.93	5.28	41.93	1	-
JEC Franklin (NZ)	2001-2001	14	14	642	107.0	5	525	14	3/44	37.50	4.90	45.85	-	-
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2000-2001	9	8	335	55.5	2	257	13	5/40	19.76	4.60	25.76	-	1
SB O'Connor (NZ)	2000-2000	10	10	442	73.4	4	387	13	5/46	29.76	5.25	34.00	-	1
Wasim Akram (PAK)	2000-2001	10	10	498	83.0	3	394	13	3/40	30.30	4.74	38.30	-	-
A Symonds (AUS)	2001-2001	12	11	534	89.0	3	441	13	4/35	33.92	4.95	41.07	1	-
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2000-2001	19	15	576	96.0	1	475	12	3/35	39.58	4.94	48.00	-	-
ML Nkala (ZIM)	2000-2001	15	15	616	102.4	2	548	12	3/12	45.66	5.33	51.33	-	-
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	2001-2001	10	10	504	84.0	4	300	11	3/33	27.27	3.57	45.81	-	-
CRD Fernando (SL)	2001-2001	10	10	422	70.2	1	442	11	3/50	40.18	6.28	38.36	-	-
SB Styris (NZ)	2000-2001	14	14	726	121.0	3	593	11	3/36	53.90	4.90	66.00	-	-
NW Bracken (AUS)	2001-2001	9	9	426	71.0	8	303	10	2/21	30.30	4.26	42.60	-	-
LR Williams (WI)	2000-2001	9	9	456	76.0	2	383	10	3/24	38.30	5.03	45.60	-	-
SC Ganguly (IND)	2000-2001	18	10	204	34.0	1	196	9	5/34	21.77	5.76	22.66	-	1
J Srinath (IND)	2001-2001	5	5	260	43.2	2	239	9	3/49	26.55	5.51	28.88	-	-
JDP Oram (NZ)	2001-2001	13	12	378	63.0	1	293	9	3/40	32.55	4.65	42.00	-	-
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	2000-2001	7	7	330	55.0	-	296	9	4/65	32.88	5.38	36.66	1	-
N Boje (SA)	2000-2001	14	12	386	64.2	1	310	9	2/33	34.44	4.81	42.88	-	-
JM Kemp (SA)	2001-2001	6	6	232	38.4	1	170	8	3/54	21.25	4.39	29.00	-	-
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2001	5	5	258	43.0	3	254	8	4/33	31.75	5.90	32.25	1	-
AR Caddick (ENG)	2000-2001	7	7	384	64.0	8	290	8	2/35	36.25	4.53	48.00	-	-
DL Vettori (NZ)	2001-2001	10	10	558	93.0	6	367	8	3/21	45.87	3.94	69.75	-	-
MV Nagamootoo (WI)	2000-2001	10	10	505	84.1	2	396	8	4/32	49.50	4.70	63.12	1	-
RP Arnold (SL)	2000-2001	26	19	610	101.4	3	428	8	2/22	53.50	4.20	76.25	-	-
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	2001-2001	3	3	103	17.1	-	102	7	5/19	14.57	5.94	14.71	-	1
A Kumble (IND)	2000-2000	5	5	276	46.0	3	197	7	2/22	28.14	4.28	39.42	-	-
C White (ENG)	2000-2001	8	8	402	67.0	4	317	7	2/45	45.28	4.73	57.42	-	-
L Klusener (SA)	2000-2001	16	15	520	86.4	3	435	7	2/28	62.14	5.01	74.28	-	-
AM Blignaut (ZIM)	2001-2001	3	3	168	28.0	1	93	6	2/24	15.50	3.32	28.00	-	-
DT Mutendera (ZIM)	2001-2001	3	3	142	23.4	2	112	6	3/23	18.66	4.73	23.66	-	-
NC McGarrell (WI)	2001-2001	5	5	265	44.1	-	173	6	3/32	28.83	3.91	44.16	-	-
CL Hooper (WI)	2001-2001	7	7	408	68.0	4	247	6	2/27	41.16	3.63	68.00	-	-
GI Allott (NZ)	2000-2000	7	7	366	61.0	2	340	6	1/38	56.66	5.57	61.00	-	-
SB Joshi (IND)	2000-2001	8	8	427	71.1	3	343	6	2/30	57.16	4.81	71.16	-	-
CL Cairns (NZ)	2000-2001	9	9	389	64.5	5	345	6	2/62	57.50	5.32	64.83	-	-
GW Flower (ZIM)	2000-2001	22	14	491	81.5	1	378	6	3/43	63.00	4.61	81.83	-	-
V Sehwag (IND)	2000-2001	3	2	102	17.0	-	96	5	3/59	19.20	5.64	20.40	-	-
PA de Silva (SL)	2001-2001	7	5	138	23.0	-	119	5	2/31	23.80	5.17	27.60	-	-
Manjural Islam (BAN)	2001-2001	3	3	180	30.0	2	120	5	3/37	24.00	4.00	36.00	-	-
S Sriram (IND)	2000-2000	5	5	174	29.0	-	158	5	3/47	31.60	5.44	34.80	-	-
MA Ealham (ENG)	2000-2001	6	6	275	45.5	2	196	5	3/48	39.20	4.27	55.00	-	-
PA Strang (ZIM)	2000-2000	6	6	252	42.0	1	208	5	1/26	41.60	4.95	50.40	-	-
CS Martin (NZ)	2001-2001	7	7	324	54.0	4	270	5	2/56	54.00	5.00	64.80	-	-
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	2000-2001	26	10	334	55.4	-	313	5	2/16	62.60	5.62	66.80	-	-
D Gough (ENG)	2000-2001	8	8	444	74.0	7	334	5	2/71	66.80	4.51	88.80	-	-
SR Waugh (AUS)	2000-2001	13	2	60	10.0	-	57	4	3/29	14.25	5.70	15.00	-	-
KD Mills (NZ)	2001-2001	2	2	104	17.2	2	63	4	3/30	15.75	3.63	26.00	-	-
KEA Upashantha (SL)	2000-2001	3	3	108	18.0	2	108	4	4/37	27.00	6.00	27.00	1	-
PJ Wiseman (NZ)	2000-2001	4	4	114	19.0	-	109	4	4/45	27.25	5.73	28.50	1	-
Mohammad Sharif (BAN)	2001-2001	3	3	180	30.0	2	156	4	3/48	39.00	5.20	45.00	-	-
KCB Jeremy (WI)	2000-2001	6	5	192	32.0	1	163	4	2/42	40.75	5.09	48.00	-	-
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	2000-2001	5	5	170	28.2	-	174	4	2/37	43.50	6.14	42.50	-	-
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2001-2001	5	5	246	41.0	-	186	4	2/42	46.50	4.53	61.50	-	-
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2001	5	5	282	47.0	-	237	4	3/37	59.25	5.04	70.50	-	-
HK Olonga (ZIM)	2000-2000	5	5	228	38.0	-	266	4	3/58	66.50	7.00	57.00	-	-
A Nel (SA)	2001-2001	1	1	49	8.1	2	20	3	3/20	6.66	2.44	16.33	-	-
CD Collymore (WI)	2001-2001	2	2	107	17.5	1	66	3	2/29	22.00	3.70	35.66	-	-
DA Marillier (ZIM)	2000-2001	11	3	56	9.2	-	71	3	3/23	23.66	7.60	18.66	-	-
IS Gallage (SL)	2001-2001	2	2	96	16.0	-	79	3	2/42	26.33	4.93	32.00	-	-
GP Sulzberger (NZ)	2000-2000	3	3	132	22.0	-	102	3	1/28	34.00	4.63	44.00	-	-
AD Mullally (ENG)	2001-2001	3	3	156	26.0	2	111	3	2/37	37.00	4.26	52.00	-	-
Mohammad Sami (PAK)	2001-2001	4	4	174	29.0	2	137	3	2/41	45.66	4.72	58.00	-	-
AF Giles (ENG)	2000-2001	4	4	198	33.0	1	139	3	2/45	46.33	4.21	66.00	-	-
M Dillon (WI)	2000-2001	5	5	195	32.3	3	179	3	2/46	59.66	5.50	65.00	-	-
BGK Walker (NZ)	2000-2001	7	7	258	43.0	3	249	3	2/43	83.00	5.79	86.00	-	-
WCA Ganegama (SL)	2001-2001	2	1	24	4.0	-	27	2	2/27	13.50	6.75	12.00	-	-
JN Gillespie (AUS)	2000-2000	1	1	48	8.0	-	39	2	2/39	19.50	4.87	24.00	-	-
RT Ponting (AUS)	2000-2001	14	2	60	10.0	-	40	2	1/12	20.00	4.00	30.00	-	-
S Lee (AUS)	2000-2001	2	2	78	13.0	-	42	2	2/31	21.00	3.23	39.00	-	-
RDB Croft (ENG)	2001-2001	2	2	108	18.0	1	79	2	2/40	39.50	4.38	54.00	-	-

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

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]