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Top 5 highest wicket-takers in ODI World Cup among active players

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    Mitchell Starc is at the top of this list with 50 wickets in ODI World Cup so far. He is the fastest to the milestone as well having reached a half-century of scalps in just 19 innings. In the all-time list, Starc is at fifth position.

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    New Zealand's left-arm pace bowler Trent Boult is the closest to Starc with 40 wickets in his ODI World Cup career so far. He has picked up three four-wicket hauls and one five-wicket haul thus far and will be looking to add more to his tally.

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    Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh skipper, is at the third position in this list. He has accounted for 37 wickets in 30 matches at the World Cup so far at an average of almost 34 with one five-wicket haul to his name.

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    Tim Southee of New Zealand is next in the charts with 34 wickets in just 18 matches. His best figures of 7/33 came against England and that remains his only five-wicket haul at the World Cup.

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    Mohammed Shami is the fifth highest run-getter among active players at the World Cup. He has picked up 31 wickets in just 11 matches including a hat-trick against Afghanistan in 2019 World Cup.

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