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Top 10: Most Five-Wicket Hauls in ODI World Cup History

Getting wickets in a tournament like the Cricket World Cup is a surreal feeling. And grabbing five-wicket hauls is like the icing on the cake.

The 50-over pinnacle event has seen bowlers dominating the batting teams and picking up valuable wickets in bunches.

In this article, let’s take a look at the top 10 bowlers with the most five-wicket hauls in ODI World Cup history.

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Most Five-Wicket Hauls in ODI World Cup

Player	Innings	Five-Wicket Hauls	BBI
Mohammed Shami (IND)	18	4	7/57
Mitchell Starc (AUS)	28	3	6/28
Ashantha de Mel (SL)	9	2	5/32
Vasbert Drakes (WI)	6	2	5/33
Gary Gilmour (AUS)	2	2	6/14
Glenn McGrath (AUS)	39	2	7/15
Mustafizur Rahman (BAN)	16	2	5/59
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK)	14	2	6/35
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	24	2	5/16
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	13	1	5/44

Also Read | Top 10: Most Wickets in a Single ODI World Cup

Key Stats

2: Australia’s left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc and India’s fast bowler Mohammed Shami are the only two bowlers who have picked up 3 or more five-wicket hauls in World Cup history.

3: Number of Australian bowlers with 2 or more five-wicket hauls, highlighting their dominance in the 50-over tournament. Apart from Starc, Glenn McGrath and Gary Gilmour scalped 2 five-wicket hauls.

2: Notably, Gilmour only played in 2 matches, both of which came in the inaugural 1975 World Cup edition. He picked up 11 wickets in total, bagging 6 against England and 5 against the West Indies, respectively.

55: Over 55 bowlers have grabbed at least 1 five-wicket haul in this prestigious tournament.

Saurabh Chede

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