While the likes of 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev, chief selector and former pacer Ajit Agarkar, and Mohammed Shami all found places in the all-time top-five Indian ODI bowlers across different lists compiled by Aussie greats Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie, and Damien Fleming, it was Jasprit Bumrah whom all three rated as the number one Indian ODI pacer of all time. Currently playing in a three-match ODI series in Australia, Bumrah boasts 149 wickets in 89 matches at a strike rate of 30.7 and an economy of 4.59. McGrath rated Bumrah as ‘comfortably the number one’ among India’s ODI pace bowlers.
“For me you know, Bumrah has to be number one. Bumrah is just unbelievable. He’s got such a unique action, so different to anyone else in world cricket. It’s not a run-up or technique yo