How many bowlers have taken 7 wickets in Men’s ODIs?- Sri Lankan leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga bowled brilliantly in the third One-Day International against Zimbabwe on Thursday, January 11, at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
How many bowlers have taken 7 wickets in Men’s ODIs?
After winning the toss and batting first, Zimbabwe were bowled out for 96 in 22.5 overs, with him taking 7/19 in 5.5 overs.
Zimbabwe got off to a good start with the bat, with their openers adding 43.
Hasaranga shattered the stubborn stand when he captured Takudzwanashe Kaitano (17) at short fine leg as the opener attempted a sweep.
Following the critical breakthrough, the 26-year-old spun a web around Zimbabwe’s batsmen, dismissing Joylord Gumbie (29), Craig Ervine (0), Milton Shumba (2), Clive Madande (0), Wellington Masakadza (11), and Blessing Muzarabani (0).
Hasaranga therefore achieved his highest bowling stats in the ODI format.
List of bowlers who have taken 7 or more wickets in Men’s ODIs before Hasaranga
Hasaranga is the 15th men’s ODI bowler to capture at least seven wickets in a single innings.
Chaminda Vaas, a former fast bowler from Sri Lanka, has the best bowling numbers in men’s one-dayers, with 8/19 against Zimbabwe in Colombo in December 2001.
He is the only bowler to have taken eight wickets in Men’s One-Day International matches.
Hasaranga’s 7/19 record ranks sixth among the best bowling stats in men’s one-day internationals.
Aside from Vaas, the only bowlers with higher bowling numbers than Hasaranga are Shahid Afridi (7/12 vs West Indies in Providence, July 2013), Glenn McGrath (7/15 against Namibia in Potchefstroom, February 2003), and Rashid Khan (7/18 versus West Indies in Gros Islet, June 2017).
Other bowlers with seven-wicket hauls in men’s ODIs include Andy Bichel (7/20), Muttiah Muralitharan (7/30), Ali Khan (7/32), Tim Southee (7/33), Trent Boult (7/34), Waqar Younis (7/36), Aaqib Javed (7/37), Imran Tahir (7/45), Winston Davis (7/51), and Mohammed Shami (7/57).
Davis of the West Indies became the first bowler to record seven wickets in Men’s One-Day Internationals.
He had 7/51 against Australia in Leeds during the 1983 World Cup. Before Hasaranga, India’s Shami scored seven times against New Zealand in the 2023 World Cup semi-finals in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.