Shaheen Afridi has a golden chance to make this amazing record in the World Cup 2023
Pakistan’s fast bowler Shaheen Afridi is eager to make a splash in the upcoming World Cup 2023. Shaheen Afridi, who creates fear in the minds of batsmen with his speed and swing, will have a golden opportunity to make a special record in his name.
Shaheen Afridi can become the fastest Pakistani bowler to take 100 wickets:-
S. Afridi can become the fastest Pakistani bowler to take 100 wickets. Afridi needs 14 wickets to complete the century of wickets in the ODI format. The left-arm fast bowler has taken 86 wickets in 44 ODIs at an average of 23.36.
World Cup 2023: In whose name is this record :-
The record of taking the fastest 100 wickets for Pakistan is currently held in the name of Saqlain Mushtaq. Saqlain Mushtaq had taken 100 wickets in 53 ODIs. If Shaheen Afridi takes 14 wickets in the next 8 ODIs, he will break the record of Saqlain Mushtaq and become the fastest Pakistani bowler to take 100 wickets.
Bowler to take fastest 100 ODI wickets for Pakistan :-
- Saqlain Mushtaq – 53 matches
- Waqar Younis – 59 matches
- Shoaib Akhtar – 60 matches
- Naved Ul Hasan – 65 matches
- Umar Gul – 67 matches
In whose name is the world record recorded:-
By the way, the record of taking the fastest 100 wickets in ODI cricket history is held by Nepal’s leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane. Sandeep took 100 wickets in only 42 matches. Afghanistan’s star leg spinner Rashid Khan is at second place in this list. Rashid completed 100 wickets in 44 matches.
Top-5 bowlers who took the fastest 100 wickets in ODI format :-
- Sandeep Lamichhane (Nepal) – 42
- Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) – 44
- Mitchell Starc (Australia) – 52
- Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan) – 53
- Shane Bond (New Zealand) – 54
