Stats: Bowlers with the best bowling strike-rate in India vs Australia ODIs

Brett Lee will always be remembered as one of the best limited overs international bowlers the game has ever seen

Here is a list of bowlers with the best bowling strike rate in the One-Day International matches between India and Australia. Having taken a wicket every 28 balls he bowled, the Australian fast bowler Brett Lee tops the list.

For all the flak that Irfan Pathan receives, besides taking 31 wickets against Australia in 24 matches at a strike rate of 35.6, the left-arm medium pace bowler has had quite an illustrious ODI career with 173 wickets in 120 matches.

With the World Cup 2015 being scheduled in Australia and New Zealand, where he could be of even more use, it would be prudent to have him in the mix. The ploy of playing two spinners in Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin is most likely to not yield any benefits.

Indian selectors would do well to implement the ‘horses for courses’ rule to enhance India’s chances of defending the crown. Between, what is Steve Waugh doing in the list?

Note: Stats updated till October 12th, 2013.