
South Africa vs Pakistan is going to be a tight and low scoring game at Chennai, both teams are full of world class seamers. This game could change the journey of the tournament for both teams. South Africa is totally engaged in this tournament by winning 4 out of five games but Pakistan has lost its way by losing consecutive three games which start from Ahmedabad against India. Pakistan desperately wants to win this game but South Africa won’t let them enjoy it easily.
Both teams are known for great pace bowlers such as Wasim Akram and Dale Steyn and they’ve taken so many wickets in world cricket. It has always been a great competition between these two teams due to their bowlers. In 82 ODIs between both teams South Africa has won 51 out of them and Pakistan has been satisfied with only 30 wins. Today bowlers like Shaheen Shah Afridi and Kagiso Rabada would definitely make a strong impact, So before watching these bowlers taking many wickets let’s see which are those three bowlers who took the most wickets in this rivalry.
Waqar Younis
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One of the greatest seamers of all time Pakistan’s Waqar Younis is sitting at the top of the table. Between 1993 to 2002 he appeared in 32 innings and took 58 wickets against Proteas. In his first game against South Africa he delivered his best bowling figure which was 5/25. In these states he has two five wickets haul. Waqar Younis is the second most successful bowler for Pakistan and third around the globe in ODIs with 416 wickets in 262 games. Waqar has played 13 games in the world cup and he took 22 wickets in them. It will be interesting to see which bowler from both teams is going to surpass him in future.
Makhaya Ntini
Former South African seamer Makhaya Ntini holds the second position in this list. He has played 25 games against Pakistan between 2000 to 2007 where he took 49 wickets with the economy of 4.85 and average of 20.24. Makhaya is the fourth most successful bowler in the history of South Africa with over 250 wickets. He has taken only one five wickets haul against Pakistan which came 2006 at PCA. he is one of the most economical bowlers in ODI history. He is the only black player in South African cricket history to pick 200 wickets in ODI.
Shaun Pollock
The most successful ODI bowler for South Africa Shaun Pollock is the third most wicket taker bowler in this list. Between 1996 to 2007 he took 49 wickets in 36 games with an economy of 3.67. He has one five wickets haul in this stats which came in 2007 at wanderers. He is the highest wicket taker in the history of South African cricket in ODI with 387 wickets in 294 games. He has delivered the most maiden overs in ODI cricket with 313 maiden overs out of 2571 overs. It has been 15 years and no other South African bowler has taken 300 wickets other than him.
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