The 6 Best Underdogs in Cricket History
Bowling out of turn is nothing but an art in the game of cricket. New varieties and innovations of offset players are making life difficult for batsmen, especially in test cricket. These types of spinners have steadily grown, with changes and variety of gameplay, responding to a new wave of creative throws and improved footwork of batters.
There have been many great spinners that have graced the game over the years. Many of them have completely changed our view of finger spinners. Currently, they are considered as an option to seize land, unlike in previous years, when they were often asked to simply “hold the end”.
Over the years, there have been spinners who quite deftly handled the ball with a number of weapons: a seductive flight, a seductive loop, straighter, drifts, deflecting tones that are combined with the width and depth of the fold., a change of pace and, finally, those curious innovations called “Dusra” and “Tisra”. Incredibly, the off-spinners are not inferior to some of the best wicketkeepers in test history.
We have increasingly seen spinners with a new type of delivery. They are well aware of their strengths and weaknesses. With the introduction of limited overs cricket, spinners, especially offside spinners, were expected to play very poorly. However, this was not the case, they were properly adapted to the changes and became a force to be reckoned with in shorter formats as well.
In this article we have compiled a list of the 6 greatest players of all time in the history of cricket:
Muttiya Muralitharan-Sri Lanka:
Muttiah Muralitharan is the best spinner I have ever played. A unique outsider, he used his wrist to turn the ball sharply, making him the first wrist-spinning outsider in cricket history.
After a few years of his international career, Murali added the famous “dusra” to his repertoire. Dusra, combined with his amazing ability to spin the ball, made him a very difficult bowling player to face on any surface under any playing conditions. His bowling game has been scrutinized many times, and he has been criticized many times for being a prankster. However, the bowling test showed that his bowling actions were clean.
Muttiah Muralitharan is the tallest player of all time in test cricket as well as ODI cricket. He recorded his 800th score, as well as his last wicket in the final game of his career. It is also the fastest to reach 400 and 500 test sites. Murali has 10 wickets against all the nations involved in the test game. Overall, this spinning bowling giant finished with 800 test wickets and 534 ODI wickets, scoring averages of 22.72 and 23.08 respectively.
Jim Laker-England:
Jim Laker was born in Bradford, England, and was a great spinner.
He established a good relationship with left-arm spinner Tony Lock and worried the Australians a lot. James “Jim” Charles Laker has accomplished an unimaginable feat that other bowlers could only dream of. Laker became the first player to take all 10 wickets in an innings of a test match. In 1956, he took 10 for 53 in the 2nd innings of the 4th Ash Test at Old Trafford against Australia (the only other bowler to take all 10 wickets was Anil Kamble of India in 1999) and finished the match with 19 wickets.
The Lakers’ 46 wickets in the 1956 Ashes series, consisting of five tests, is a record in Ashes history.
In 46 test matches, he took 193 wickets at a staggering average of 21.24. His first-class record was also remarkable. He played county cricket for Surrey and Essex counties and took 1944 wickets with an average of 18.41. In 2009 he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Saqlain Mushtaq-Pakistan:
Saklen Mushtaq is the most innovative off-field player the cricket world has ever seen. Initially trained by his older brother, he first applied the famous “Dusra” game, having learned it while playing on the roof of his house. Later, Saklein also invented another kind of bowling outside the game, “Tisra”. He dominated both games to such an extent that it became very difficult for batsmen to read him. Thus becoming their main suppliers of wickets.
His international career got off to a great start. Saqlain became the fastest bowler to score 100 ODI wickets. He was as aggressive as a bowler and played death overs for Pakistan in ODIs. His test results are also impressive. Mushtaq’s most famous performance came against his main rivals from India in Chennai in 1999, when his score of 10:187 secured a famous victory for Pakistan.
Saqlain played 49 test matches for Pakistan after his debut in 1995 against Sri Lanka in Peshawar. He finished his career with 208 wickets at an average of 29.83, including 13 carries with five wickets and 3 carries with ten wickets. Despite appearing in 169 ODI matches for the Greens, he recorded 288 wickets to his name at a staggering average of 21.78.
Saeed Ajmal-Pakistan:
Saeed Ajmal started playing international cricket very late. He made his ODI debut at the age of 31 against bitter rivals India. However, his late entry into the market did not prevent him from becoming one of the leading modern spinners.Moderna spinner. Known to his fans as a wizard, his dominance over the batsman began in 2011. He single-handedly destroyed the best lineups of players. He dominated dusra and had complete control of his bowling. In the conditions of support, Ajmal was the tormentor of the attacker with an illegible dusra.
Saeed Ajmal is the fastest of Pakistan’s 100 test ranges. Unfortunately, his actions were also subjected to careful analysis several times, but after some control checks, the ICC gave him the green light. His career statistics are very impressive. He has played just 35 games for Pakistan and has 178 dismissals to his credit at a staggering average of 28.10. In ODIs, he took 184 wickets in 113 games. And in the 20th quarter, Ajmal had 85 wickets in 64 matches with an impressive average of 17.83.
Ravichandran Ashwin-India:
Ravichandran Ashwin can be considered the best spinner in the world today. Ashwin is a very cunning outsider.
He did a very good job of leading the attack on India. Originally a starting batsman, Ashwin declined his coach’s offers. He attracted attention because of the IPL. Harbhajan Singh’s downfall left a gap in the spin bowling department, but Ashwin managed to take on that responsibility. Ashwin finished 100th in his 18th test, becoming the fastest Indian to reach the 100th test level and the fastest in the world in over 80 years.
Ravichandran Ashwin has only 77 * tests, but he already has 401 wickets with an average of 24.95, including 30 wickets with five wickets and 7 wickets with ten wickets. He has represented India in 111 ODI tournaments and won 150 wickets. He has a variety of pitching options, which makes him also a very inexpensive T20 bowler. Ashwin has taken 52 wickets from the 46 T20I he has played for India. Apart from being an outstanding bowler, he has also earned a reputation as a versatile bowler and has 5 test centuries and 12 half-centuries to his name.
Graeme Swann-England:
Swann, an attacking player with run-up, bounce and variations of pace, seems likely to be considered the outstanding offside player that England have been creating since the days of Jim Laker. His hand ball and “flying saucer throwing” are powerful weapons, and he always preferred to attack regardless of the situation, always interested in picking up the court.
After making his ODI debut in 2000 against South Africa, he has put his skills to full use with some of the greats of Moderna English patterns such as Nasser Hussain, Michael Vaughan, Andrew Flintoff, Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook.
After his test debut in 2008, Graeme Swann’s ascent to the top of the bowling standings was unstable. Despite not being the strongest ball player, his ability to turn and deflect the ball made the retired Swann a difficult bowler.