Mendis fastest to take 50 wickets in ODIs

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Mendis becomes the fastest to take 50 wickets in ODIs

Rajneesh Gupta | January 12, 2009

Sri Lanka's [Images] Ajantha Mendis [Images] on Monday became the fastest to race to the 50-wicket mark in ODIs when he had Zimbabwe's Ray Price stumped by Kumar Sangakkara.

Mendis was playing his 19th match, which takes him ahead of India's Ajit Agarkar [Images], who reached the landmark in his 23rd match.

The following table lists the fastest to complete 50 wickets in one-day internationals:

Matches	Bowler	Opp	Venue	Year	Age
19	BAW Mendis (SL)	Zimbabwe	Dhaka	2009	23 Years 307 Days
23	AB Agarkar (Ind)	Zimbabwe	Harare	1998	20 Y 300 D
24	DK Lillee (Aus)	India	Sydney	1980	31 Y 153 D
25	SK Warne (Aus)	Sri Lanka	Colombo PSS	1994	25 Y
26	LS Pascoe (Aus)	West Indies [Images]	Sydney	1982	31 Y 348 D
26	BP Patterson (WI)	Pakistan	Port-of-Spain	1988	26 Y 187 D
26	CEL Ambrose (WI)	Pakistan	Sharjah	1989	26 Y 23 D
27	Waqar Younis (Pak)	West Indies	Karachi	1990	20 Y 358 D
27	SE Bond (NZ)	Pakistan	Dambulla	2003	27 Y 338 D
28	IR Bishop (WI)	Pakistan	Lahore [Images]	1990	23 Y 18 D
28	Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak)	Zimbabwe	Peshawar	1996	19 Y 310 D
28	GI Allott (NZ)	India	Nairobi Gym	2000	28 Y 296 D
28	T Mupariwa (Zim)	Sri Lanka	Harare	2008	23 Y 228 D

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