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5 Top Off Spinners Of All Time | CBTF Speed News

In cricket, one kind of spin bowling is called off-spin. It is used when the ball is too full to be bowled as a traditional off break and is delivered differently than other varieties of spin bowling, such as the leg break and googly. The off-spinner can throw an arm ball that does not spin in addition to their stock delivery, which spins from outside to inside (from right to left for a right-handed bowler).

 

Muttiah Muralitharan  

In terms of off-spinners, Muralitharan is the best of all time. In the game's history, there has never been a better spinner than him. His statistics demonstrate that he is the best off-spinner ever to play the game. He is regarded as one of the greatest wrist spinners ever. His most lethal technique involved Doosra, making it very challenging for players to comprehend the ball's variation. In all game modes, Muralitharan is a bowler who performs equally well. Muttiah Muralitharan has taken the most wickets in ODI and Test cricket history. In 133 games, he took 800 test wickets in total. He has played 350 ODI games and claimed 534 wickets. He was the bowler to reach 400 and 500 Test wickets most quickly. Murali has a 10-wicket haul against every country participating in Test cricket, which is one of the most intriguing stats. The spin magician had some of the best averages in both tests (22.7) and ODIs to end his career (23.1).

 

Ravichandran Ashwin  

Ashwin can be summed up in one word: outstanding. He is the greatest cricketer of the modern era. Nobody in this day and age is better at off-spin bowling than he is. He bowled in many different ways. He can make life difficult for any top-tier batter wherever in the world. The fastest

Indian bowler to 100 test cricket wickets is Ashwin. He accomplished this feat in only 18 games. Ravichandran Ashwin has participated in 78 Test matches and has amassed 409 wickets, including 30 five-wicket hauls. He has played in 111 One-Day Internationals for India and has claimed 150 wickets. In the T20 and 

 

IPL, Ashwin is a superb bowler as well. He had played 46 T20I matches and claimed 52 wickets, while in the IPL, he had collected 138 wickets overall at an average of 26.8.

 

 

 

One of the Indian jewels that never fails to shine is Ravichandran Ashwin. He is currently one of test cricket's top off-spinners. Given his current trajectory, Ashwin may break multiple test cricket records. Ashwin has frequently contributed significantly to his team's triumph.

 

Jim Laker   

Jim Laker is a cricketing prodigy from

England and one of the best off-spinners ever. He is the second bowler and the first in a Test inning to take all ten wickets. He had attained greatness in the brief time of his career. He had participated in 46 test matches, during which English players had taken 193 wickets at a 2.04 economy rate. He set a world record in 1956 that has never been surpassed. In a Test match played at Old Trafford in Manchester, he took nineteen (of a possible twenty) wickets, helping England defeat 

 

Australia and earning the match the nickname "Laker's Match."

 

 

 

Harbhajan Singh   

India's most prolific match-winner across all sports is Harbhajan Singh. He is regarded as one of India's all-time best off-spinners. Despite joining the Indian team in 1998, Harbhajan's career-defining event occurred in 2001 when Sourav Ganguly called him to play for

India in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. By capturing 32 wickets, Harbhajan established himself as the greatest spinner and became the first Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in Test cricket. He is India's third-leading wicket-taker, although there is a good chance that Ashwin could soon overtake him in Test matches. With an average of 32.46, Harbhajan got 417 wickets in 103 Test matches.

 

 

 

Saeed Ajmal  

One of the best off-spinners in history is Ajmal. He assisted

Pakistan in winning numerous games despite his advanced age. At the age of 32, he participated in his maiden test match. He accomplished the impossible despite making his test match debut later than expected. He achieved 100 Test wickets for Pakistan more quickly than any other Pakistani bowler.

 

 

 

Despite the limited time for tests, Ajmal developed into one of Pakistan's most productive bowlers. He had taken 178 wickets with an economy of 2.59 in 35 Test matches for Pakistan. He completed his ODI career with 184 wickets in 113 games. In T20Is, Ajmal has been successful, taking 85 wickets in 64 games and having a remarkable economy of 6.36.