Wasim Akram Turns 50: A Look At His 5 Achievements | NWI

Pakistan’s legendary bowler Wasim Akram, popularly known as ‘Swing ka Sultan’, turned 50 on Friday.

In his cricketing career that spanned over almost two decades Wasim has taken a whooping 916 international wickets, 414 wickets in 104 test matches while in ODIs, he has notched up 502 wickets in the 356 matches that he played for Pakistan.

On his 50th birthday, Lets take a look at Wasim Akram’s top five achievements.

First Bowler To Reach 500-Wicket Mark In ODI

Wasim Has Taken 23 Four-Wicket Hauls In ODI

On 30 Sept 09, he was inducted into ICC Hall of Fame

Akram won 17 Man-of-the-Match awards in 104 tests

He took 4 hat-tricks, 2 in ODIs and 2 in Tests

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