Pakistan is always blessed with fast bowlers as they have one of the best fast bowlers of the world of all formats whether it is Test, ODI, or T-20 they have the treasures of fast bowlers. Bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar also known as Rawal Pindi Express, Wasim Akram, Imran Khan, Waqar Younis, and Umar gul are some of the legendary bowlers, they have so much talented bowlers so today we are going to look at the TOP 10 bowlers who helped Pakistan to win crucial matches. This article shows how the Pakistani bowlers dominated the game and turned the game on their side.
1. Shoaib Akhtar Against Australia
Pakistan had gone on a tour of Australia where they played the ODI series of three matches, and before the last game of the series, the Score was 1-1. In that deciding Match, Pakistan batted first. Scored 256/7 in 50 overs, for Australia Shoaib Akhtar came as a nightmare as he bowled a superb spell and took Five wickets for 25 runs in 8 overs which helped Pakistan to win the match by 91 runs and Pakistan won the series by 2-1.
2. Wasim Akram Against England
In the World Cup of 1992, Wasim Akram came out as one of the best players in the tournament, also a valuable asset for Pakistan because of his Great all-around performance. In the world cup finals of 1992, Wasim played a crucial role for Pakistan as he scored 33 runs in just 18 balls and bowled a game-changing spell as he took three wickets, including the wicket of Allan Lamb, who was scoring runs at that time. His bowling helped Pakistan to win their 1st world cup by defeating England by 22 runs.
3. Shaheen Afridi Against India In T-20 World Cup
After the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 world cup was conducted in the year 2021 which is to happen in INDIA but was happened in Dubai where the 1st match of that world cup was between INDIA and PAKISTAN, which is the BIGGEST rivalry in cricket history before this world cup Pakistan had never won any world cup match against INDIA, unfortunately in that match, Shaheen Afridi bowled his best spell as he took down INDIAs top order (Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul) and the wicket of (Virat Kohli) which helped Pakistan easily win their first ever match against INDIA.
4. Haris Rauf Against New Zealand
In the T-20 world cup of 2021, Pakistan. in their match against New Zealand won the toss, chose bowling and restricted the Kiwis to 134/8. In this match, Haris Rauf recorded his best bowling figures in T-20I as he took FOUR wickets for just 22 runs which helped Pakistan to win that match and enter the semi-finals.
5. Mohammad Amir In The Champions Trophy Final
Mohammad Amir is one of the best bowlers in Pakistan. In the finals of the ICC champions trophy of the year 2017 on 18th June at the Oval, Pakistan batted first, scored a total of 338/4 in 50 overs was a decent total concerning the INDIA batting lineup, with the fierce bowling of Mohammad Amir took the wicket of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Shikhar Dhawan and broke the back on INDIA batting order and helped Pakistan to win the Champions trophy of 2017.
6. Umar Gul Against South Africa
In the Pakistan tour of South Africa, Umar Gul had an astonishing performance against the South African team in the 2nd T-20i match bowled the best bowling spell of his career as he bowled only 2.2 overs and took Five wickets for just Six runs in these wickets, he destroyed every Batsman who came in front of him and as a result restricted the South African team at just the total of 100 runs and Pakistan won the match by 95 runs.
7. Hasan Ali Against Sri Lanka
In the 3rd ODI played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi on 18th October,2017. After winning the toss Sri Lanka opted to bat first, but for them Pakistani Bowlers came like a bad dream as they only able to score a total of 208 in 48.2 overs and lost all wickets, and the biggest fear for them came out to be Hasan Ali as he took 5 wickets for 34 runs in 10 overs. Pakistan easily chased the target in just 42.3 overs with 7 wickets in hand.
8. Waqar Younis Against England
The NatWest series was a TRIseries between England, Pakistan, and Australia. The 7th match of the series played between Pakistan and England on 17th June 2001 where England batted first and scored a total of 156 runs and was all out by Pakistani bowlers in which Waqar Younis took an astonishing Seven wickets for just 36 runs in 10 overs breaking the back of England batting order and as a result after Pakistan scored 153 runs in 39.5 overs England awarded the match to Pakistan.
9. Imran Khan Against England
In the Year, 1987 when Pakistan was on a tour of England, Pakistan played their 3rd test match of the series against England from July 2-6 at Leeds Stadium. Pakistan bowled first and restricted England to a score of just 136 runs in the 1st innings. In that inning, Imran Khan took three wickets. Pakistan, in their first inning, scored a big total of 353 runs, and after this, England played their 2nd innings, scored only 199 runs where Imran Khan took seven wickets for just 40 runs and, as a result, won the match by one inning and 18 runs.
10. Shahid Afridi Against West Indies
Pakistan was on a tour of the West Indies in 2013. In the first ODI match played between them on 14th July, Pakistan batted first and scored a total of 224 runs in 50 overs at Nine wickets loss, but when West Indies came to bat, their wicket fell one by one in a continuation because Pakistani bowlers were bowling fire at them and as a result West Indies got all out at just 98 runs in 41 overs, the star of the match was Shahid Afridi who performed Superb as he scored 76 runs and the main highlight is he took 7wickets by just giving 12 runs. Pakistan won that match and that series too.
