LONDON – Pacer Wahab Riaz breaks legendry Imran Khan’s world cup record.
Pakistan’s fast bowler Wahab Riaz has surpassed former captain Imran Khanto jump on second place in the list of most World Cup wickets by aPakistani bowler.
Thirty-four-year-old Wahab bowled Mushfiqur Raheem of Bangladesh duringPakistan’s last World Cup match in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at theLord’s on Friday.
Raheem became Wahab’s 35th World Cup wicket and with his 11th wicket in theon-going edition of the World Cup, he surpassed Pakistan’s former captainImran Khan in the list.
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Imran Khan, who played five editions of World Cup from 1975 to 1992, got 34wickets in 28 games with an average of 19.26. However, Imran opted forbowling only in 19 of those 28 ODIs.
Wahab Riaz has now 35 from 20 games at the average of 25.91 in three WorldCups from 2011 to 2019.
