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

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1. Shane Warne
2. Anil Kumble
3. Abdul Qadir
4. Richie Benaud
5. Mushtaq Ahmed

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