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Top 10 Indian Fast Bowlers In ODIs

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Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned last update date. Our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier bowlers may change if current bowlers set new benchmarks. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 10 Indian Fast bowlers in ODI cricket in all matches.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PRIMARY CRITERIA
3.1. PROLIFIC
3.2. CONSISTENT
3.2.1. Against All Teams
3.2.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. ECONOMIC
3.3.1. Against All Teams
3.3.2. Against Top Teams
3.4. BEST BOWLING BY WKTS (NWT)
3.5. BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)
3.6. PRIMARY RATING
4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA
4.1. HOME/AWAY
4.1.1. At Home
4.1.2. Away From Home
4.2. FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS
4.2.1. Favourable Conditions Rating
4.2.1.1. Asians Outside Asia
4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating
4.2.2.1. Asians In Asia
4.3. CONDITIONS RATING
5. SECONDARY CRITERIA
5.1. WORLD CUP
5.2. IMPACT INNINGS
5.3. TOP FORM
5.4. SECONDARY RATING
6. OVERALL RATING
7. NON WEAK TEAMS
8. TOP TEAMS
Nations Filter

The Nations Rating filters the OVERALL Rating to show players only from India.

  • The Rating of the players from India remains the same as in the original OVERALL Rating.
  • Thus the Trend Setter can be from any nation and is not necessarily from India.

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Wickets, Average, Economy, BBI (Wkts & Eco)
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary World Cup, Top Form, Impact Inns
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player which does the best in a criteria. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Know All About TS. Here is an example:-

  • TS Ave: 25.00; Player X Ave: 30.00; Section Points: 300.00
  • TS Points: 300.00(Max); Player X Points: TS Ave/Ave X 300 = 25.00/30.00 X 300 = 250.00
  • Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Ave being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
TT and NWT

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams (TT) and non weak teams (NWT). Here is some information:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine TT and NWT.
  • They are calculated by decades.
  • A bowler's performace is counted in TT or NWT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out and Super Six matches of ODI World Cup are also counted.
  • TT & NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 25
Min Career Wkts 50

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 200.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Economic Strike Rate 300.00
Best Bowling Top Inns (Wkts) 100.00
Economic Bowling Top Inns (Eco) 100.00

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period of ODI cricket is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 1991
Era 2 MP between 1990 And 2011
Era 3 MP greater than 2010

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS N Kapil Dev IND 1978 1994 1986 221 253 150.00
1 N Kapil Dev IND 1978 1994 1986 221 253 150.00
2 M Prabhakar IND 1984 1996 1990 127 157 93.08
3 S Madan Lal IND 1974 1987 1980.5 64 73 43.28
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS Wasim Akram PAK 1984 2003 1993.5 351 502 200.00
1 J Srinath IND 1991 2003 1997 227 315 125.50
2 AB Agarkar IND 1998 2007 2002.5 188 288 114.74
3 Zaheer Khan IND 2000 2012 2006 197 282 112.35
4 A Nehra IND 2001 2011 2006 120 157 62.55
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS SL Malinga SL 2004 2019 2011.5 220 338 170.00
1 Mohammed Shami IND 2013 2025 2019 107 206 103.61
2 JJ Bumrah IND 2016 2023 2019.5 88 149 74.94
3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar IND 2012 2022 2017 120 141 70.92

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 bowler has played.
  • Time Period in which he has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 100
Min Wickets (TT) 60

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS SE Bond 80 3069 147 20.88 20.57 150.00
1 JJ Bumrah 88 3509 149 23.55 22.66 136.17
2 Mohammed Shami 107 4955 206 24.05 23.38 131.98
3 N Kapil Dev 221 6945 253 27.45 27.16 113.61
4 J Srinath 227 8847 315 28.09 27.84 110.85
5 AB Agarkar 188 8021 288 27.85 28.06 109.97
6 M Prabhakar 127 4534 157 28.88 28.60 107.89
7 Zaheer Khan 197 8301 282 29.44 28.75 107.32
8 S Madan Lal 64 2137 73 29.27 29.17 105.78
9 A Nehra 120 4981 157 31.73 31.67 97.44
10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 120 4951 141 35.11 32.80 94.06

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS J Garner 91 2615 139 18.81 20.65 150.00
1 Mohammed Shami 70 3328 135 24.65 23.51 131.73
2 N Kapil Dev 176 5476 199 27.52 26.21 118.17
3 JJ Bumrah 72 3010 105 28.67 26.90 115.13
4 J Srinath 162 6472 211 30.67 29.43 105.24
5 AB Agarkar 120 5372 168 31.98 30.40 101.87
6 A Nehra 90 3936 124 31.74 30.71 100.87
7 Zaheer Khan 150 6657 199 33.45 31.20 99.27
8 M Prabhakar 96 3413 104 32.82 31.31 98.92
9 S Madan Lal 51 1716 52 33.00 31.40 98.63
10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 88 3871 103 37.58 33.93 91.28

ECONOMIC

R ER

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

Criteria: Points For R ER

Min Qualification For TS
Min Balls 1500

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS J Garner 98 5330 2752 3.10 3.53 150.00
1 JJ Bumrah 88 4580 3509 4.60 3.69 143.50
2 N Kapil Dev 221 11202 6945 3.72 3.93 134.73
3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 120 5847 4951 5.08 4.15 127.64
4 J Srinath 227 11935 8847 4.45 4.37 121.10
5 M Prabhakar 127 6360 4534 4.28 4.39 120.72
6 S Madan Lal 64 3164 2137 4.05 4.41 120.18
7 Mohammed Shami 107 5326 4955 5.58 4.45 119.00
8 Zaheer Khan 197 10097 8301 4.93 4.45 118.95
9 A Nehra 120 5751 4981 5.20 4.68 113.23
10 AB Agarkar 188 9484 8021 5.07 4.79 110.58

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS J Garner 91 4970 2615 3.16 3.58 150.00
1 JJ Bumrah 72 3760 3010 4.80 3.80 141.20
2 N Kapil Dev 176 8892 5476 3.70 3.87 138.94
3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 88 4401 3871 5.28 4.23 126.84
4 M Prabhakar 96 4769 3413 4.29 4.35 123.33
5 J Srinath 162 8504 6472 4.57 4.42 121.49
6 S Madan Lal 51 2473 1716 4.16 4.45 120.58
7 Mohammed Shami 70 3481 3328 5.74 4.46 120.49
8 Zaheer Khan 150 7775 6657 5.14 4.53 118.46
9 A Nehra 90 4484 3936 5.27 4.65 115.52
10 AB Agarkar 120 5786 5372 5.57 5.08 105.73

BEST BOWLING BY WKTS (NWT)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler against Non Weak Teams in all matches. 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 Waqar Younis 7/36 6/26 6/30 6/44 6/59 6.20 100.00
1 Mohammed Shami 7/57 5/18 5/51 5/53 5/54 5.40 87.10
2 A Nehra 6/23 6/59 4/35 4/40 4/47 4.80 77.42
3 AB Agarkar 6/42 5/44 4/34 4/35 4/37 4.60 74.19
3 JJ Bumrah 6/19 5/27 4/35 4/39 4/43 4.60 74.19
5 M Prabhakar 5/33 5/35 4/19 4/25 4/30 4.40 70.97
5 J Srinath 5/24 5/41 4/23 4/30 4/35 4.40 70.97
7 N Kapil Dev 5/43 4/30 4/31 4/54 3/17 4.00 64.52
7 Zaheer Khan 5/42 4/19 4/21 4/42 3/23 4.00 64.52
7 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5/42 4/8 4/31 4/45 3/9 4.00 64.52
10 S Madan Lal 4/20 4/37 3/11 3/27 3/27 3.40 54.84

BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)

BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler against Non Weak Teams. Best Bowling By Economy (BBE) is the Relative Economy of the bowler in the 5 Inns. Only 30+ Balls performaces are counted in this criteria.

Criteria: Points For Economy In Top 5 Inns

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBE RAT
TS CEL Ambrose 10.0/5 5.0/4 8.4/9 6.0/8 8.5/13 1.05 100.00
1 N Kapil Dev 7.0/4 6.0/5 8.0/9 6.0/7 7.0/10 1.09 96.68
2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 6.0/8 6.1/9 8.0/14 5.0/9 9.0/18 1.39 75.86
3 JJ Bumrah 6.0/9 5.0/8 6.0/11 5.0/12 7.2/19 1.62 65.13
4 J Srinath 10.0/13 7.0/12 9.0/16 6.0/12 9.0/18 1.70 61.76
5 M Prabhakar 5.0/5 10.0/16 7.0/12 10.0/18 9.0/19 1.75 60.06
6 A Nehra 10.0/16 6.1/10 10.0/22 10.0/23 10.0/24 1.85 56.78
7 S Madan Lal 8.0/11 7.0/12 6.0/11 6.0/12 10.0/22 2.00 52.62
8 Zaheer Khan 9.5/21 10.0/23 9.0/22 6.0/15 7.3/19 2.13 49.33
9 Mohammed Shami 6.2/16 9.0/23 6.0/17 8.0/23 6.0/18 2.19 48.05
10 AB Agarkar 10.0/22 6.0/14 10.0/25 7.0/18 9.0/24 2.32 45.44

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ECO BBW BBE RAT PRI PTS
1 N Kapil Dev 150.00 231.78 273.67 64.52 96.68 816.65 326.66
2 JJ Bumrah 74.94 251.30 284.69 74.19 65.13 750.26 300.10
3 Mohammed Shami 103.61 263.70 239.50 87.10 48.05 741.96 296.78
4 J Srinath 125.50 216.09 242.59 70.97 61.76 716.92 286.77
5 M Prabhakar 93.08 206.81 244.06 70.97 60.06 674.98 269.99
6 Zaheer Khan 112.35 206.60 237.41 64.52 49.33 670.20 268.08
7 AB Agarkar 114.74 211.84 216.30 74.19 45.44 662.51 265.00
8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 70.92 185.35 254.48 64.52 75.86 651.12 260.45
9 A Nehra 62.55 198.31 228.75 77.42 56.78 623.82 249.53
10 S Madan Lal 43.28 204.42 240.76 54.84 52.62 595.92 238.37

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions Rating is calculated by applying the five criteria of Primary Rating to various conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 20.00
Away 80.00
Favourable Conditions 20.00
Unfavourable Conditions 80.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. and India are considered as Home for Afghanistan.
  • U.A.E. is also considered as a second home for Pakistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani bowlers are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 N Kapil Dev 83 100 27.15 4.01 729.86 14.60
2 Mohammed Shami 46 87 24.90 5.86 699.79 14.00
3 JJ Bumrah 41 64 26.70 4.78 648.85 12.98
4 J Srinath 80 103 30.51 4.59 627.19 12.54
5 AB Agarkar 68 109 27.39 5.29 623.19 12.46
6 Zaheer Khan 64 94 30.21 5.20 603.94 12.08
7 M Prabhakar 64 65 35.77 4.48 579.26 11.59
8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 44 50 40.62 5.31 545.47 10.91
9 S Madan Lal 26 22 41.68 4.52 460.11 9.20
10 A Nehra 33 42 42.12 6.36 458.06 9.16

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 N Kapil Dev 138 153 27.65 3.56 802.01 64.16
2 JJ Bumrah 47 85 21.18 4.44 760.84 60.87
3 J Srinath 147 212 26.91 4.37 716.62 57.33
4 Mohammed Shami 61 119 23.44 5.38 704.21 56.34
5 M Prabhakar 63 92 24.01 4.09 703.41 56.27
6 A Nehra 87 115 27.93 4.72 668.87 53.51
7 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 76 91 32.09 4.93 667.14 53.37
8 Zaheer Khan 133 188 29.05 4.81 663.44 53.08
9 AB Agarkar 120 179 28.13 4.96 639.27 51.14
10 S Madan Lal 38 51 23.92 3.76 638.22 51.06

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

FC/UC RATING

Points to note:-

  • Unfavourable Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Spinners and In Asia for Pacers.
  • Favourable Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Favourable Conditions Rating

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 N Kapil Dev 87 102 26.75 3.41 835.57 16.71
2 J Srinath 98 149 24.49 4.19 753.69 15.07
3 Mohammed Shami 50 98 23.11 5.33 716.07 14.32
4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 59 72 30.86 4.95 691.15 13.82
5 JJ Bumrah 35 58 24.69 4.61 668.20 13.36
6 A Nehra 53 64 28.78 4.57 634.65 12.69
7 Zaheer Khan 69 107 26.05 4.72 633.54 12.67
8 AB Agarkar 72 107 28.55 4.99 600.76 12.02
9 M Prabhakar 34 46 26.46 4.05 597.17 11.94
10 S Madan Lal 25 36 24.28 3.83 592.61 11.85

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 N Kapil Dev 134 151 27.93 3.95 825.59 66.05
2 JJ Bumrah 53 91 22.82 4.59 805.84 64.47
3 Mohammed Shami 57 108 24.91 5.81 781.83 62.55
4 AB Agarkar 116 181 27.44 5.13 746.76 59.74
5 M Prabhakar 93 111 29.88 4.37 740.53 59.24
6 Zaheer Khan 128 175 31.51 5.05 722.80 57.82
7 J Srinath 129 166 31.31 4.65 719.69 57.57
8 A Nehra 67 93 33.75 5.66 637.44 51.00
9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 61 69 39.55 5.19 628.93 50.31
10 S Madan Lal 39 37 34.14 4.22 597.42 47.79

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 20%.

RANK BOWLER AW HM UC FC CON PTS
1 N Kapil Dev 64.16 14.60 66.05 16.71 161.52
2 JJ Bumrah 60.87 12.98 64.47 13.36 151.68
3 Mohammed Shami 56.34 14.00 62.55 14.32 147.20
4 J Srinath 57.33 12.54 57.57 15.07 142.52
5 M Prabhakar 56.27 11.59 59.24 11.94 139.04
6 Zaheer Khan 53.08 12.08 57.82 12.67 135.65
7 AB Agarkar 51.14 12.46 59.74 12.02 135.36
8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 53.37 10.91 50.31 13.82 128.42
9 A Nehra 53.51 9.16 51.00 12.69 126.36
10 S Madan Lal 51.06 9.20 47.79 11.85 119.91

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
World Cup 150.00
Impact Innings 150.00
Top Form 100.00

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Mohammed Shami 18 55 13.53 5.13 838.71 125.81
2 JJ Bumrah 20 38 19.58 4.23 698.13 104.72
3 N Kapil Dev 25 28 31.86 3.76 614.94 92.24
4 Zaheer Khan 23 44 20.23 4.48 602.54 90.38
5 J Srinath 33 44 27.82 4.32 590.06 88.51
6 M Prabhakar 18 24 26.67 4.41 573.49 86.02
7 S Madan Lal 11 22 19.36 3.66 571.58 85.74
8 A Nehra 12 18 22.72 4.41 519.16 77.87
9 AB Agarkar 6 7 39.14 4.89 500.00 75.00
10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 7 11 26.18 5.08 434.70 65.20
IMPACT INNINGS (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact either in terms of wickets or economy rate. Know All About II. These are the criteria for an inning to be included in II:-

  • A Bowler takes equal to or more wickets than 4.
  • A Bowler bowls more than 30 balls and has a low ER.
  • The required ER is calculated by the number of wickets taken.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK BOWLER INNS II II Perc RAT WTG
1 JJ Bumrah 88 44 50.00 774.89 116.23
2 N Kapil Dev 221 95 42.99 743.93 111.59
3 Mohammed Shami 107 32 29.91 541.09 81.16
4 Zaheer Khan 197 63 31.98 518.93 77.84
5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 120 36 30.00 506.70 76.01
6 S Madan Lal 64 23 35.94 479.93 71.99
7 J Srinath 227 68 29.96 460.46 69.07
8 M Prabhakar 127 37 29.13 457.11 68.57
9 A Nehra 120 33 27.50 440.53 66.08
10 AB Agarkar 188 55 29.26 361.44 54.22
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a bowler.
  • Only Inns against Non Weak Teams are considered in the rating.
  • Non Weak Teams may be found in the last section.

TOP FORM

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Mohammed Shami 50 104 21.88 5.65 824.43 82.44
2 JJ Bumrah 50 84 23.51 4.51 789.47 78.95
3 N Kapil Dev 50 73 20.40 3.47 771.68 77.17
4 A Nehra 50 82 26.10 5.04 740.38 74.04
5 J Srinath 50 82 22.28 4.28 725.95 72.60
6 M Prabhakar 50 78 22.55 4.10 722.92 72.29
7 AB Agarkar 50 81 24.67 4.97 694.43 69.44
8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 50 69 28.64 5.05 677.52 67.75
9 S Madan Lal 50 64 25.72 4.02 667.56 66.76
10 Zaheer Khan 50 75 27.41 5.02 648.84 64.88

SECONDARY RATING

The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK BOWLER WC II TF SEC RAT
1 JJ Bumrah 104.72 116.23 78.95 299.90
2 Mohammed Shami 125.81 81.16 82.44 289.41
3 N Kapil Dev 92.24 111.59 77.17 281.00
4 Zaheer Khan 90.38 77.84 64.88 233.10
5 J Srinath 88.51 69.07 72.60 230.17
6 M Prabhakar 86.02 68.57 72.29 226.88
7 S Madan Lal 85.74 71.99 66.76 224.48
8 A Nehra 77.87 66.08 74.04 217.99
9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 65.20 76.01 67.75 208.96
10 AB Agarkar 75.00 54.22 69.44 198.66

OVERALL RATING

OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK OV RANK BOWLER NAT PRI PTS CON PTS SEC PTS FIN RAT
1 4 N Kapil Dev IND 326.66 161.52 281.00 769.17
2 8 JJ Bumrah IND 300.10 151.68 299.90 751.68
3 11 Mohammed Shami IND 296.78 147.20 289.41 733.40
4 30 J Srinath IND 286.77 142.52 230.17 659.46
5 44 Zaheer Khan IND 268.08 135.65 233.10 636.83
6 45 M Prabhakar IND 269.99 139.04 226.88 635.92
7 64 AB Agarkar IND 265.00 135.36 198.66 599.03
8 65 Bhuvneshwar Kumar IND 260.45 128.42 208.96 597.83
9 67 A Nehra IND 249.53 126.36 217.99 593.88
10 74 S Madan Lal IND 238.37 119.91 224.48 582.75

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK SL IND
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ SL ZIM
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL ENG NZ ZIM
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ ENG WI BAN
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK SL BAN WI
2020s IND NZ SL AUS PAK SA BAN ENG WI AFG

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ ENG
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK SL
2020s IND NZ SL AUS PAK SA BAN

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