Mohammed Shami becomes quickest India bowler, third overall to 150 wickets in ODIs

London, July 12: Mohammed Shami became the thrid fastest bowler and the quickest Indian to take 150 wickets in One Day Internationals during the first ODI against England at the Oval in London on Tuesday (July 12).

With a three-wicket haul that reduced hosts to a paltry score, Shami reached the milestone and did it in record time - 80 matches, bettering former pacer Ajit Agarkar's 97 matches for quickest Indian to 150 wickets in ODIs.

Shami got rid of Ben Stokes for a golden duck and claimed his 150th scalp with the dismissal of opposition skipper Jos Buttler. Later in the innings, Shami also removed Craig Overton as fellow pacer Jasprit Bumrah did most of the damage with a six-wicket haul.

Apart from Shami reaching a milestone, England also created an unwanted record during the match where they were bowled out for 110 in 25.2 overs with Prasidh Krishna also claiming a wicket.

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While Shami became the quickest Indian to 150 wickets in ODIs, the pacer also became the joint third overall player with Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan to reach the milestone in quick time.

Shami is only behind Australia pacer Mitchell Starc, who leads the list followed by former Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq, who sits in the second position. Starc reached the landmark in 77 matches, while Saqlain achieved the feat in 78 matches.

Mitchell Starc is the quickest to 150 ODI wickets

Here is the top 15 quickest to 150 wickets in ODIs:

Ranking	Player	Team	Matches
1	Mitchell Starc	Australia	77
2	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	78
3	Mohammed Shami	India	80
3	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	80
5	Trent Boult	New Zealand	81
6	Brett Lee	Australia	82
7	Ajanta Mendis	Sri Lanka	84
8	Allan Donald	South Africa	89
	Morne Morkel	South Africa	89
	Imran Tahir	South Africa	89
11	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	91
11	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	91
13	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	93
14	Shane Warne	Australia	94
15	Nathan Bracken	Australia	95
15	Stuart Broad	England	95

Shami was also the seventh fastest to 100 wickets in ODIs when he achieved the feat in 56 matches, 1 match better than his pace partner Bumrah, who took 57 matches to 100 wickets and also two matches quicker than Kuldeep Yadav (58 matches).

Shami has claimed 151 wickets in 80 matches at the strike rate of 27.0. The 31-year-old has taken 9 four-wicket hauls and 1 five-wicket haul so far in his ODI career with the best figures of 5 for 69. He has also claimed 216 wickets in 60 Tests and 18 wickets in 17 T20Is so far.