Top 10 spinners in One Day International cricket from 1990-1999

Modified Jun 30, 2018 23:36 IST

8. Venkatapathy Raju (India)

Venkatapathy RajuEnter caption — Venkatapathy Raju

Venkatapathy Raju was one of the best exponents of left arm spin in the 90s. Under Mohammad Azharuddin's captaincy, Raju became the spin twin to India's spin wizard Anil Kumble. Raju bowled slowly through the air and used his flight to deceive the batsman in the air. While Kumble struck from one end, Raju maintained the pressure from the other choking the run flow.

'Muscles' as he was popularly known had a heart of a lion and never backed off from flighting the ball, temping the batsman to make mistakes.

ODI Record 1990-1999

Matches 53 Wickets 63 Avg 31.96 Eco 4.36

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