All-time combined India-Sri Lanka ODI XI

#9 Chaminda Vaas

Chaminda Vaas was an extremely capable new ball bowler for Lanka

In both ODIs and Tests, the status of Chaminda Vaas as Sri Lanka's greatest pace bowler remains unquestionable. He did not boast of scorching pace but bowled with great ingenuity. He swung the ball efficiently and had a useful weapon in the form of off-cutters that often caught the batsmen unawares. Barring Vaas, the Lankan pace bowling unit lacked a world-class bowler for a long time.

Vaas finished his ODI career with exactly 400 wickets in 322 matches. His economy rate of 4.18 is appreciable too. He also holds the record for becoming the first ever bowler to claim 8 wickets in an ODI. It is a highly commendable record and more so for a pace bowler coming from a country like Sri Lanka that always had a dearth of quality fast men.

Till his retirement in 2008, Vaas remained the spearhead of the Sri Lankan pace bowling attack in both formats of the game and will be the leader of our pace attack as well.