Best Pakistani Fast Bowlers In Tests Against India Featured

Top 10 Pakistani Pacers Vs India In Tests

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers from Pakistan against India in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Abbreviations
TVO RATING

This rating considers performances of players from specific teams in particular nations or against particular oppositions.

Team (T) PAK
Venue (V) ALL
Oposition (O) IND

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 300.00
Consistent Average 250.00
Attacking Strike Rate 250.00
Best Bowling Top Bowling Performances 200.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 7
Min Wkts 10

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS Imran Khan PAK 38 94 300.00
1 Imran Khan PAK 38 94 300.00
2 Wasim Akram PAK 21 45 143.62
3 Fazal Mahmood PAK 21 44 140.43
4 Mahmood Hussain PAK 23 39 124.47
5 Sarfraz Nawaz PAK 16 36 114.89
6 Sikander Bakht PAK 15 28 89.36
6 Shoaib Akhtar PAK 16 28 89.36
8 Khan Mohammad PAK 9 24 76.60
9 Azeem Hafeez PAK 8 21 67.02
10 Abdul Razzaq PAK 9 16 51.06

CONSISTENT

R Ave

Relative Average (R Ave) is a more accurate type of average. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly it takes into account:-

  • Strength of Opposition.
  • Venues at which a player has played.
  • Time Period in which a bowler has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 15

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Khan Mohammad 9 402 24 16.75 19.47 250.00
1 Khan Mohammad 9 402 24 16.75 19.47 250.00
2 Imran Khan 38 2260 94 24.04 23.00 211.64
3 Fazal Mahmood 21 1080 44 24.55 24.58 198.08
4 Azeem Hafeez 8 609 21 29.00 24.82 196.11
5 Wasim Akram 21 1299 45 28.87 25.06 194.21
6 Shoaib Akhtar 16 966 28 34.50 27.20 178.94
7 Sarfraz Nawaz 16 1058 36 29.39 28.50 170.80
8 Sikander Bakht 15 952 28 34.00 32.75 148.63
9 Mahmood Hussain 23 1293 39 33.15 34.00 143.15
10 Abdul Razzaq 9 702 16 43.88 35.64 136.57

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) for bowlers is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

Criteria: Points For R SR or Balls/Wkt

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 15

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS Khan Mohammad 9 1133 24 47.21 41.68 250.00
1 Khan Mohammad 9 1133 24 47.21 41.68 250.00
2 Imran Khan 38 5078 94 54.02 50.62 205.83
3 Shoaib Akhtar 16 1734 28 61.93 51.71 201.48
4 Azeem Hafeez 8 1356 21 64.57 54.55 191.01
5 Abdul Razzaq 9 1049 16 65.56 55.35 188.25
6 Sikander Bakht 15 1737 28 62.04 57.13 182.37
7 Wasim Akram 21 2928 45 65.07 58.28 178.79
8 Sarfraz Nawaz 16 2337 36 64.92 59.84 174.12
9 Mahmood Hussain 23 3106 39 79.64 64.12 162.48
10 Fazal Mahmood 21 3635 44 82.61 65.27 159.64

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler. Best Bowling By Wickets (BBW) is simply the total wickets taken in the 5 innings divided by 5.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 5 Inns

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS Imran Khan 8/60 6/35 6/98 5/63 5/82 6.00 200.00
1 Imran Khan 8/60 6/35 6/98 5/63 5/82 6.00 200.00
2 Fazal Mahmood 7/42 5/26 5/48 5/52 4/86 5.20 173.33
3 Sikander Bakht 8/69 5/55 5/56 3/121 2/30 4.60 153.33
4 Mahmood Hussain 6/67 5/129 4/70 3/35 3/114 4.20 140.00
4 Sarfraz Nawaz 5/70 4/46 4/63 4/79 4/85 4.20 140.00
4 Wasim Akram 5/96 5/101 4/60 4/83 3/43 4.20 140.00
7 Khan Mohammad 5/73 5/74 4/42 4/79 2/18 4.00 133.33
8 Azeem Hafeez 6/46 4/58 4/137 3/65 2/102 3.80 126.67
9 Shoaib Akhtar 4/47 4/58 4/71 3/47 3/62 3.60 120.00
10 Abdul Razzaq 4/88 3/62 3/67 3/80 2/126 3.00 100.00

TEAM VEN OPP RATING

The TEAM VEN OPP (TVO) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ATT BBW TVO RAT
1 Imran Khan 300.00 211.64 205.83 200.00 917.47
2 Khan Mohammad 76.60 250.00 250.00 133.33 709.93
3 Fazal Mahmood 140.43 198.08 159.64 173.33 671.48
4 Wasim Akram 143.62 194.21 178.79 140.00 656.62
5 Sarfraz Nawaz 114.89 170.80 174.12 140.00 599.81
6 Shoaib Akhtar 89.36 178.94 201.48 120.00 589.78
7 Azeem Hafeez 67.02 196.11 191.01 126.67 580.81
8 Sikander Bakht 89.36 148.63 182.37 153.33 573.69
9 Mahmood Hussain 124.47 143.15 162.48 140.00 570.10
10 Abdul Razzaq 51.06 136.57 188.25 100.00 475.89

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier bowlers may change if current bowlers set new benchmarks.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Bowling Ave: 25.00; Player X Ave: 30.00; Section Points: 300.00
  4. TS Points: 300.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: TS Ave/Ave X 300 = 25.00/30.00 X 300 = 250.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Ave being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
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Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/Wkt
  2. BLS - Balls
  3. ER - Economy Rate or Runs/Over
  4. FF, 5WH - Five Fors or 5 Wkt Hauls
  5. FP - First Played by Year
  6. INF - Infinite
  7. INNS - Innings
  8. LP - Last Played by Year
  9. MDNS - Maidens
  10. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  11. NA - Not Applicable
  12. NI - Not In Top
  13. NK - Not Known
  14. NO, * - Not Out
  15. NQ - Not Qualified
  16. OPP - Opposition
  17. OVRS - Overs
  18. SR - Strike Rate or Balls/Wkts
  19. TS - Trend Setter
  20. TT - Top Teams
  21. WKTS - Wickets Taken

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