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A Legendary Magician - Saeed Ajmal
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 @REALsaeedajmal 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.
@REALsaeedajmal 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.
Most of Ajmal's wkts in the format where either Bowled or caught. The fact Ajmal bowled 972.4 overs away from home and picked 117 wkts shows how great a bowler he was (excluding 64 wkts at UAE).
From November 2011 to December 2014, Ajmal was ranked by the ICC as the number one bowler in ODIs.
In his Test career Ajmal picked up 10 5-wicket haul in an innings and 4 10-wicket haul in a match with his Best Bowling Figures in an innings being 7/55 and Best Bowling Figures in a match being 11/111.
Saeed Ajmal is also one of those players to score a fifty and pick up a 5-wicket haul in an innings of a Test match. Saeed Ajmal is also one of those players who have taken 3+ 🔟-wicket haul in an test match.
Ajmal is also one of those players to pick up 50 test wkts in a single calendar year.  He is one of 4 Test bowlers that made their debut after the age of 30 to take more than 100 test wickets, along with Clarrie Grimrett , Ryan Harris and Dilip Doshi.
His highest test ranking was 2nd between January and July 2012.He also is the quickest Pakistani to pick up 100 test wkts.
In his T20I career Ajmal picked up 4⃣-four wicket haul (only three players have taken more) with his Best Bowling Figures being 4/19 . He is also the 6th highest wicket taker in the format and 2nd highest for Pakistan.
Saeed Ajmal along with Kamran Akmal are the second most successful wicketkeeper bowler combinations in the format with 15 dismissals. Ajmal was ranked the number one T20I bowler by ICC in the year 2012 from October and December.
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The Magician
The Myth
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