Top 10 spinners of all time

#8 Rangana Herath

Rangana Herath

For the most part of his career, Rangana Herath was overshadowed by Muralitharan, but after the retirement of Murali, Herath has become the undisputed spin king of Sri Lanka.

International fame came late to Herath but he persisted and kept on bowling his left-arm spin effectively. In the post-Murali era, he is the most prolific spinner in the world and at the moment, one of the best.

Herath's key to success is his drift and control over the line. His smart and wily mind also plays a vital hand in setting up the batsmen. The Sri Lankan spinner has 389 wickets in 83 Tests along with 74 ODI scalps. He did feature in 17 T20 internationals as well and claimed five wickets for three runs in the quarter-final encounter against New Zealand in the World T20 2014.

The left-arm spinner is 39-year old and is at the final stages of his career. But looking at his bowling and his skills, he looks set to break the barrier of 400 Test scalps.