Test cricket is a reliable test of the class and perseverance of a player. Most cricket fans believe that the Test Matches are the only way of enjoying the original cricket. Test match demands the form with a prepared strategy to endure and succeed in the game. The bowlers have an extensive role in the game as they can break the impulse in no time. Test Cricket is the most challenging and most significant format of cricket. Afghanistan has some of the best pace and spin bowlers who have taken wickets on different soil and are a nightmare for the batters. Because of this bowling attack, they have won many test series since June 2018. The article below talks about the Top Afghanistan bowlers with the record of the highest number of wickets in test cricket.
1. Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan is a Leg-break googly bowler and played his first test match on June 14, 2018, against India in Bengaluru. Rashid is a legendary spin bowler in International Cricket who took 34 test wickets in his five games with an average of 22.35 and an economy of 2.97 with four 5-wicket hauls and two 10-wicket hauls. He has a bowling strike rate of 45.1 in test matches.
2. Amir Hamza Hotak
Amir Hamza Hotak is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler who played his first test for Afghanistan against West Indies in Lucknow on 27 November 2019. He played three matches and took 16 wickets with an average of 21.37 and an economy of 2.76 with two 5-wickets hauls. Amir's best bowling figures of the test match are six wickets conceding 79 runs. He has a bowling strike rate of 46.4.
3. Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai
Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai is a right-arm medium-fast bowler in the current Afghanistan squad. He played his first test match against India at Bengaluru on June 14, 2018. Yamin has now played 5 test matches and taken 11 wickets with an average of 24.0 with an economy of 2.98. Six wickets for 93 runs is Yamin's best bowling figure of the test match.
4. Mohammad Nabi
Mohammad Nabi is a right-arm off-break bowler on the Afghanistan cricket team. He played his first match against India at Bengaluru on 14 June 2018. Nabi played three games and took eight wickets with an average of 31.75, an economy of 2.79, and a bowling strike rate of 68.2. His best bowling figures in test cricket are four wickets for 95 runs.
5. Zahir Khan
Zahir Khan is a former left-arm wrist spin bowler of the Afghanistan side. Zahir played his first test against Bangladesh at Chattogram on 5 September 2019. He played three games and took seven wickets in four innings with an average of 34.14 and an economy of 4.26 with a bowling strike rate of 48.0.
6. Mohammad Waqar Salamkheil
Mohammad Waqar Salamkheil is a left-arm wrist spin bowler who made his test debut against Ireland in Mohammad Waqar Salamkheil is a left-arm wrist spin bowler who made his test debut against Ireland in Dehradun on 15 March 2019. Waqar played only 1 test match, and in two innings, he took four wickets with an average of 25.25, an economy of 3.25, and a bowling strike rate of 46.5.
7. Sayed Ahmad Shirzad
Sayed Ahmad Shirzad is a left-arm medium bowler on the Afghanistan cricket team. Ahmad made his test debut on 10 March 2021 against Zimbabwe in Abu Dhabi. He played only one match and took three wickets in two innings with an average of 32.33 and an economy of 2.30 with a bowling strike rate of 84.0.
8. Wafadar Momand
Wafadar Momand is a right-arm medium bowler on the Afghanistan cricket team. Wafadar made his test debut against India in Bengaluru on 14 June 2018. The bowler took two wickets in two games with an average of 77.50, an economy of 4.18, and a bowling strike rate of 111.0.
9. Ibrahim Zadran
Ibrahim Zadran is a right-arm medium-fast bowler who made his test debut on 5 September 2019 against Bangladesh at Chattogram. Zadran took one wicket in four matches. He was allowed to bowl in a test match only once in his four games. He had an average of 13.00 with an economy of 6.50 and a bowling strike rate of 12.0.
10. Qais Ahmad
Qais Ahmad is a Leg-break bowler on the Afghanistan side who played his first and only test match against Bangladesh in Chattogram on 5 September 2019. Qais played one game and took one wicket in that match. He has a bowling average of 28.0, a bowling strike rate of 54.0, and a bowling economy of 3.11.
