A Legendary Magician - Saeed Ajmal
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Saeed Ajmal made his international debut at the age of 30 against India in an ODI on 2 July 2008. In that match Ajmal only managed to take one wicket that of Yusuf Pathan from his ten overs , returning with the figures of 1/47 in an winning effort.
Little did we knew that this man would go on to become one of the best spinners of his generation.
Saeed Ajmal played 35 tests, 113 ODIs 64 T20Is for Pakistan in which he managed pick up 178 test wickets @ 28.1 , 184 ODI wickets @ 22.7 and 85 T20I wickets @ 17.8 (I.e 447 international wickets) .
In his ODI career Ajmal picked up 8 4- fers and 2 5-fers with his Best Bowling Figures being 5/24. In the year 2013 Ajmal picked 62 wkts joining a elite list of bowlers who have picked 60+ ODI wkts in a single calendar year.