Most wickets in a 6-match bilateral ODI series

#3 Sourav Ganguly vs Pakistan in 1997

Ganguly picked up 100 ODI wickets in his career

Perhaps the biggest surprise on this list, former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly once tormented the Pakistan team not just with his bat but with even the ball in hand. It was the Independence Cup of 1997 when both the teams decided to play a bilateral series in Canada.

All the matches were played at the same venue, the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club and the pitches proved conducive to Dada’s style of bowling.

The Prince of Kolkata, who came into the series having picked a solitary wicket in his previous 42 ODIs, ended the series with 15 wickets to his name. He bowled at a miserly rate of 3.28 runs to the over and his scalps came at 10.67 runs per wicket. In the fourth match of the series, when India were defending a modest 182 in 50 overs, Ganguly’s right arm medium pace came to the rescue as his career-best 5/16 ensured an Indian win.

India went on to win the series 4-1 and Ganguly, who ended the series as the highest run-getter (222 runs), highest wicket-taker and recipient of 4 Man of the Match awards, was undoubtedly chosen the Player of the Series.