Stats: Rashid becomes fastest to 100 ODI wickets

In the 23rd over of the ICC World Cup Qualifiers final at the Harare Sports Club, Rashid Khan trapped Shai Hope leg-before to become the fastest bowler in the history of ODI cricket to reach the milestone of 100 wickets. It took only 44 matches for the teenage sensation to reach the landmark eclipsing the previous record held by Mitchell Starc, who had needed eight more games to the landmark. Currently, Rashid stands at exactly 100 wickets from 44 matches at an average of 14.40 and wicket every 21.8 balls. To cap it, the legspinner has been parsimonious, with an economy rate of 3.96.

Fewest ODIs to 100 wickets

Dennis Lillee was the first to breach the milestone of 100 ODI wickets, achieving the feat in his 60th match. He held that record for almost ten years before Waqar Younis broke it through one lesser match, in 1993. His fellow teammate Saqlain Mushtaq, who was just over 20 years at the time, snatched the record from Waqar , needing just 53 matches. He held the record for almost two decades before Mitchell Starc wrested it away a couple of years ago.

Rashid was just 17 years old when he made his debut in Zimbabwe in October 2015 and ever since, everything he has touched has turned gold. He is the youngest to both 50 and 100 ODI wickets, as well as the first player to take 100 wickets before turning 20.

Youngest to 100 ODI wickets

Rashid is the quickest to 100 wickets, not only in terms of the number of matches played but also on the count of the number of balls taken to reach the milestone. It has taken him just 2139 deliveries to capture 100 wickets, better than the second-placed Starc who required 2452 balls. Rashid has a 2.33 wickets-per-ODI ratio which makes him only the second player (minimum 50 wickets) to have a wickets-per-ODI ratio above two, the other being Pakistan's Hasan Ali (2.07).

Fewest balls to 100 ODI wickets

** All stats at the end of the innings where the bowler captured his 100th wkt

Despite all his achievements, it remains a travesty that he is yet to play an ODI against the top-ranked teams. Nearly three-fourth of his career ODIs have come either against Zimbabwe or Ireland. He has taken 40 scalps from 18 matches against Zimbabwe, and 33 from 13 against Ireland. He has done well in the limited opportunities against Windies as well, with his 7 for 18 in Gros Islet last year the fourth-best individual figures in ODI cricket.

Record against oppositions

Rashid possesses all the tricks in his bag - the big spinning leg break, the flipper, the slider, the top spinner and a variety of googlies delivered from different points - and it is no surprise that he picks a large chunk of his wickets, either bowled the batsmen out or trapping them leg before. He trapped 35 batsmen in front of the wicket and breached the defenses 21 times, to have an astounding 56 per cent of wickets coming from these two modes of dismissals. Among bowlers with at least 75 ODI wickets, only Mohammad Hafeez has a higher percentage of wickets in these two modes of dismissal - 77 out of 136 wickets giving him a percentage of 56.62.

Highest percentage of wickets from bowled and LBW (Minimum of 75 wickets)

Rashid earned a million-dollar contract with SunRisers Hyderabad in the IPL auction earlier this year and is already a globetrotter having featured in T20 leagues in Australia, West Indies and Bangladesh, and will represent teams from England and Pakistan in domestic leagues soon. With Afghanistan earning a full member status and a World Cup spot for 2019, he has far bigger challenges ahead and from the sizeable sample of the batsmen who have faced him, it is unlikely many fancy facing him.

** All stats updated till the end of Windies innings