Five youngest players to take a five-wicket haul in the history of ODI cricket

#2 Waqar Younis: 18 years 164 days

The bowling duo that scared batsmen with its deadening pace

Where Akram features in a top-five list, how can Waqar Younis miss out? This right-arm pacer from Pakistan is one of the all-time great seam bowlers not only for the country, but for the world. His unmatched legacy remains the cornerstone for the ultimate success with the ball in international cricket.

Younis being the second youngest player on this list shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, considering the fact that he holds the record for the youngest cricketer to lead Pakistan in Test cricket. He was just 22 years old when he took over the captaincy in the longest format of the game.

His maiden five-wicket haul in ODI cricket came when he was a young and fearful 18-year-old seamer, when Pakistan played Sri Lanka in the fifth game of the Asia Cup in 1990.

Riding on the back of a terrific performance from the batting unit, Imran Khan’s team posted a total of 311 after being put in to bat by Sri Lanka. Younis swung the ball, and the match, in Pakistan’s favour in the second innings to take the chase out of the hands of Arjuna Ranatunga and Co.

He drew blood in the top order, middle order as well as the lower order of the Sri Lankan line-up and announced himself to world cricket on a grand scale once again.