Indian Bowlers in 2023: 7 Best Indian Bowlers in ODI Format This Year

Indian Bowlers in 2023: India has been a good ODI outfit in this year of 2023. Apart from losing just one series and the ODI World Cup 2023 final against the Aussies, the men in blue side have done a marvellous job in the fifty overs competition.

They have won 27 matches in the one-day international format, which is the second-best after Australia’s 30 wins in 2003.

The Indian bowlers in 2023 have picked up the most wickets. They have got 289 wickets in just 35 games and eight of the bowlers of the men in blue side have picked up a five-wicket haul in the fifty overs format.

Their strike rate of 27.5 is the best in a calendar year. The Indian bowlers had picked up 99 scalps in the 2023 ODI World Cup from just 11 games, which best after Australia’s 97 wickets in 2007 ODI World Cup that they won.

The pace bowling attack of the men in blue side have picked up 190 wickets in 2023 at an average of 21.38, which means, the pacers had struck after every 24 deliveries.

The Indian spinners too have done an exceptional job this year. They have picked up 99 wickets with an average of 26.94 and they never allowed the batters to get away as they gave only 4.77 runs per over.

The Indian bowlers had bundled out the opposition team below 100 runs thrice in this year of 2023 in the one-day international format. The Sri Lankan side was the opposition team when the Indian bowlers had created that havoc.

The Indian bowlers had bundled out the teams under 30 overs for seven times, which is the most in a calendar year by any team.  

Indian Bowlers in 2023: 7 Best Bowlers From India in ODI Format This Year

Three bowlers of the men in blue side had picked up more than 40 wickets in the one day international format and four of the other Indian bowlers had picked up more than 20 scalps in this year of 2023. Here are the names of seven bowlers of the men in blue side who have picked up the most wickets in ODI games in this year of 2023 –

1.       Kuldeep Yadav

• Matches: 30

• Wickets: 49

• Average: 20.48

• Economy Rate: 4.61

• Strike Rate: 26.6

• Best Figures: 5/25

2. Mohammed Siraj

• Matches: 25

• Wickets: 44

• Average: 20.68

• Economy Rate: 5.28

• Strike Rate: 23.4

• Best Figures: 6/21

3. Mohammed Shami

• Matches: 19

• Wickets: 43

• Average: 16.46

• Economy Rate: 5.32

• Strike Rate: 23.4

• Best Figures: 7/57 (Best Figures in ODIs By an Indian Bowler)

4. Ravindra Jadeja

• Matches: 26

• Wickets: 31

• Average: 28.19

• Economy Rate: 4.6

• Strike Rate: 36.7

• Best Figures: 5/33

5. Jasprit Bumrah

6. Hardik Pandya

• Matches: 20

• Wickets: 21

• Average: 24.85

• Economy Rate: 5.52

• Strike Rate: 27

• Best Figures: 3/3

7. Shardul Thakur

• Matches: 16

• Wickets: 21

• Average: 26.28

• Economy Rate: 6.28

• Strike Rate: 25

• Best Figures: 4/37