Top 5 fastest pacers to reach 100 ODI wickets

Mohammed Shami is the latest to pick 100 ODI wickets. He reached the milestone by dismissing Martin Guptill of New Zealand on 23 January at Napier. He is the fastest Indian to achieve this record and broke the record of Irfan Pathan who did it in just 59 matches.

Rashid Khan holds the record of picking 100 ODI wickets in the minimum number of matches. He achieved this milestone in the finals of ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2018 against Windies by dismissing Shai Hope. He did it in just 44 games.

Let's have a gaze at the list of top 5 pacers who took minimum innings from their debut to achieve the 100 wickets tally in ODI cricket.

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#5 Waqar Younis, Morne Morkel & Irfan Pathan (59 Matches)

Waqar Younis, Morne Morkel, and Irfan Pathan occupy the No. 4 spot who coincidentally reached the landmark of 100 matches in the same number of games.

Waqar Younis

Waqar Younis was one of the most fearful pacers of his generation. He got to 100 career wickets in his 59th ODI match. He achieved it by dismissing David Houghton of Zimbabwe in the 1st match of Wills Trophy 1993 at Sharjah.

Younis is the second fastest Pakistani to reach the landmark of 100 ODI wickets. He was inducted into ICC Hall of Fame in the year 2013. He was also among the Wisden Cricketers of the year in the year 1992. Currently, he is the coach of Sylhet Sixers in Bangladesh Premier League.

Morne Morkel has been an integral part of South Africa. He is the second fastest Proteas player to reach the landmark of 100 ODI wickets. He achieved that on 22 January 2013 against New Zealand by dismissing BJ Watling. He was in the ICC ODI Team of 2012. He retired from International Cricket on 3rd April 2018. He signed a Kolpak deal to play for Surrey in County cricket.

Irfan Pathan was the second fastest Indian player to reach the landmark of 100 ODI wickets. He achieved that on 19 April 2006 against Pakistan by dismissing Imran Farhat. He was the ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2004. He was in the ICC ODI Team of 2006.

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#4 Mohammed Shami & Trent Boult (56 Matches)

Mohammed Shami

Mohammed Shami and Trent Boult occupy the No. 4 spot who coincidentally reached the landmark of 100 matches in the same number of games.

Mohammed Shami is one of the most underrated pacers in the world cricket. He entered the milestone of 100 ODI wickets on 23 January against New Zealand at Napier. He is the fastest Indian to reach the landmark. He had a great comeback in the ODIs in 2019. He picked eight wickets in four matches. He was in the ICC ODI Team of 2014 & '15.

Trent Boult is a consistent performer for New Zealand in ODIs. He reached the landmark of 100 ODI wickets on 23 December 2017 against Windies at Christchurch by dismissing Shimron Hetmyer. He is the second-fastest Kiwi to reach the milestone. He was in the ICC ODI Team of 2015 & '17.

#3 Brett Lee (55 matches)

Brett Lee

Brett Lee is one of the most dedicated cricketers of all time. He took 55 matches to reach 100 ODI wickets. He entered the landmark on 25 January 2003 vs England at Melbourne by dismissing Andy Caddick. He is the second-fastest Australian to reach the milestone. He was in the ICC ODI Team of 2005, '06 & '08. He was among the Wisden Cricketers of the year 2006.

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#2 Shane Bond (54 matches)

Shane Bond

Shane Bond was one of the most eminent pacers of all time. He is the fastest Kiwi to reach this landmark of 100 ODI wickets. He got to this mark on 23 January 2007 against England at Melbourne by dismissing Jon Lewis. He was in the ICC ODI Team of 2006 & '07. Currently, he is the head coach of Sydney Thunders and bowling coach of Mumbai Indians.

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#1 Mitchell Starc (52 matches)

Mitchell Starc

Mitchell Starc is one of the most fearful pacers of the current time. He took minimum matches to reach 100 ODI wickets mark. He achieved that milestone on 21 August 2016 at Colombo by dismissing Milinda Siriwardana. He was in the ICC ODI Team of 2013, '15 & '16.