Top 5 Leg Spinners Of All Time Till 2023

By Sayak Barai Sep 28, 2023, 13:30 IST

Here are the top 5 leg spinners of all time till 2023

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1. Shane Warne

He was born on 13 September 1969, in Upper Ferntree Gully, Australia. Unfortunately, we lost this legend on 4 March 2022.
He played for the Australian Cricket Team
Achievements - He played 145 test matches for Australia, where he took 708 wickets and also achieved a statistic of 8 wickets of 71 runs against England.
He started his career in 1992
He retired from the cricket world in 2007

2. Anil Kumble

He was born on 17 October 1970, in Bengaluru and he is 52 years old.
He played for the Indian National Cricket Team
Achievements - He became the second bowler in the history of the game by taking 10 wickets in a test innings on 7 February 1999, against Pakistan.
He started his career on 25 April 1990
He retired from the cricket world on 4 January 2012

3. Abdul Qadir

He was born on 15 September 1955, in Lahore, Pakistan. Unfortunately died on 6 September 2019.
He played for the Pakistan National Cricket team
Achievements - He played 67 Matches in his test career and got 236 wickets with an average of 32.8.
He started his career on 14 December 1977
He retired from the cricket world on 2 November 1993.

4. Richie Benaud

He was born on 6 October 1930, in Penrith, Australia and unfortunately died on 10 April 2015.
He played for the Australian team
Achievements - The first individual to score 2000 test runs and also took over 200 wickets. He played 63 test matches, claiming 248 wickets with an average of 27.03
He started his career on 25 January 1952
He retired from the cricket world in 1964

5. Mushtaq Ahmed

He was born on 28 June 1970 and is 53 years old.
He played for the Pakistan National Cricket Team
Achievements - He took 185 wickets in 52 tests, with an average of 33.
He started his career on 23 March 1989
He retired from the cricket world on 3 October 2003