Top 5 Leg Spinners Of All Time Till 2023
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
