He has been among India's finest
fast bowlers and remains
the only Indian fast bowler to have
taken more than 300 wickets in ODIs.
He was a frontline fast bowler
for the Indian cricket team until
his retirement, being the second
Indian pace bowler after Kapil Dev
to take 200 Test wickets.
Awards and Accolades
Arjuna Award – 1999
Other
World's best bowling figures (13
wickets for 132 runs) in a test
match (sum of both innings) while
ending up on the losing side.
Highest number of wickets in
world cups by an Indian bowler.
Highest number of wickets in
ODIs among Indian fast bowlers.
3rd Highest wicket taker among
Indian fast bowlers in test matches
after Kapil Dev and Zaheer Khan.
2nd Indian to take 300 ODI
Wickets.
One of the 11 bowlers who has
taken more than 300 ODI Wickets.
Second highest number of notouts
in Cricket World Cup history- a
total of 9, second only to Steve
Waugh.
