3 Best Bowler In The World Amongst Spinners

In the era of batters dominating the game, with their power and skilled shots, some bowlers were hard to pick from their unorthodox spin bowling action and turn, which they produced from the pitch, making it difficult to hit for any batsman. These bowlers have played a crucial role for their respective teams in changing the game single-headedly it is the reason they are still regarded as one of the greatest spinners in the World. In today's article, we are going to discuss about the 3 best spinners in the world, who have surprised every international batter with their unexpected turn.

3 Best Bowler In The World Amongst Spinners

1. Muttiah Muralitharan 

On number 1, we have one of the greatest spin bowlers in international cricket from the Sri Lanka team, who represented them in a 19-year long international career, where he managed to pick more than 1300 wickets in ODIs and Test Cricket from 1993 to 2011. The Legendary Sri Lankan cricketer was born in Kandy, Sri Lanka. His extraordinary bowling action and the way he looked at batsmen while delivering the ball were some of the things that made him out of the box from other spinners in the world.

Muralitharan made his international debut in August 1992 against Australia cricket team and surprised everyone on his debut, when he dismissed both openers, Mark Taylor and Geoff Marsh, before picking the famous Mark Waugh's wicket. He had a strong ability to spin the ball on any pitch.

The most interesting thing about him was that he was the master of bowling famously known as "doosra." He bowled the doosra with incredible accuracy and stability, making it a very difficult ball for batsmen to play. His test bowling average is 22.72, and his economy rate is 2.50. Muralitharan took 5 wickets 67 times and 10 wickets 22 times in test cricket.

2. Shane Warner

Shane Warn is still known as one of the best spin bowlers in the World and is also widely regarded as the “King of Spin.” You might not know that Shane Warne was the master of bowling wrist spin, leg spin, googly spin bowling, and flipper it was one of the reasons many spin bowlers used to see him as an inspiration.

Even the best batsmen in the World were confused by his wide variety of deliveries as he had the ability to bowl huge leg breaks, which is one of the reasons Australia managed to win the finals of the 1999 World Cup, where he took 20 wickets, for which he was awarded as the Player of the Match award.

Shane Warne retired from all kinds of international cricket in 2007. The legend passed away in 2022 but has left an inspiring legacy behind.

3. Anil Kumble

Anil Radhakrishna Kumble is ranked third in the list of bowlers of all time. Anil Kumble was the greatest spin bowler from India, who has picked 619 and 337 wickets, in 132 Test and 271 ODIs for the Indian national cricket team with an efficient economy of 2.7 and 4.31, respectively.

Who can forget his wonderful bowling spell against arch-rivals Pakistan in February 1999, where he single-handedly helped the Indian team to win the match by picking 10 wickets for 74 runs in Delhi? Meanwhile, when India toured Australia from 2003 to 2004, Kumble was the remarkable and best spin bowler, taking 24 wickets in just three tests.

Apart from these legendary spin bowlers, there were several more who were regarded as one of the best spin bowlers in the world team's like, Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq, India's Harbhajan Singh, Daniel Vittori and Abdul Qadir, which were the backbone of their respective teams. However, they will be remembered for their bowling for the rest of their lives.