7. Saeed Ajmal
The Pakistani off-spinner, Saeed Ajmal holds the fourth position in the ICC test bowler rankings. He is widely known as the ‘doosra’ bowler. Most batsmen around the world does not pick his ‘doosra’ well enough.
In 2013, he has taken 37 wickets from 12 innings with a strike rate of 56.1. In this year, his best bowling figures in an innings is 7 for 95. His bowling average this year is 24.72 at an economy of 2.64.
Saeed Ajmal is considered as one of the best spin bowlers around the world currently. Ajmal and Sunil Narine of West Indies is having competition between them for the ODI bowling rankings, but in test format, Narine hasn’t performed to his abilities. Thus, in the test format Ajmal is a better bowler.
According to ICC test rankings, Saeed Ajmal holds the 4th rank, behind the Sri Lankan left arm spinner Herath.
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