Some great bowlers like South Africa's Shaun Pollock, Pakistan's Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, and Waqar Younis, India's Kapil Dev, New Zealand's Daniel Vettori, Zimbabwe's Heath Streak have led their teams in ODI cricket. All these bowlers took their respective teams to new heights under their leaderships with their good performances and also set a good example for other bowlers that they too can lead. And here is a list of most wickets, fifers, best averages and bowling figures as captain in ODI cricket.
Most Wickets as captain in ODI cricket -
158 - Wasim Akram (Pakistan, 109 Matches)
134 - Shaun Pollock (South Africa, 97 Matches)
131 - Imran Khan (Pakistan, 139 Matches)
102 - Mashrafe Mortaza (Bangladesh, 88 Matches)
101 - Jason Holder (West Indies, 86 Matches)
97 - Waqar Younis (Pakistan, 62 Matches)
95 - Daniel Vettori (New Zealand, 82 Matches)
92 - Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka, 118 Matches)
91 - Kapil Dev (India, 74 Matches)
89 - Heath Streak (Zimbabwe, 68 Matches)
Most Fifers as captain in ODI cricket -
3 - Waqar Younis (Pakistan)
2 - Greg Chappell (Australia)
2 - Jason Holder (West Indies)
2 - Sir Viv Richards (West Indies)
2 - Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
2 - Wasim Akram (Pakistan)
Best Averages as captain in ODI cricket (Min 50 wickets) -
22.63 - Wasim Akram (Pakistan, 158 wickets)
23.52 - Shaun Pollock (South Africa, 134 wickets)
24.29 - Waqar Younis (Pakistan, 97 wickets)
25.41 - Allan Border (Australia, 56 wickets)
25.69 - Dwayne Bravo (West Indies, 53 wickets)
26.24 - Kapil Dev (India, 91 wickets)
26.63 - Daniel Vettori (New Zealand, 95 wickets)
26.72 - Greg Chappell (Australia, 54 wickets)
29.01 - Imran Khan (Pakistan, 131 wickets)
29.22 - Heath Streak (Zimbabwe, 89 wickets)
Best Bowling Figures as captain in ODI cricket -
7/36 - Waqar Younis (PAK) vs ENG at Leeds, 2001
6/41 - Sir Viv Richards (WI) vs IND at Delhi, 1989
6/43 - Dwayne Bravo (WI) vs ZIM at St George's, 2013
6/43 - Gulbadin Naib (AFG) vs IRE at Belfast, 2019
6/59 - Waqar Younis (PAK) vs AUS at Nottingham, 2001
5/7 - Daniel Vettori (NZ) vs BAN at Queenstown, 2007
5/15 - Greg Chappell (AUS) vs IND at Sydney, 1981
5/15 - Wasim Akram (PAK) vs ZIM at Karachi, 1993
5/16 - Wasim Akram (PAK) vs SA at East London, 1993
5/16 - Shahid Afridi (PAK) vs Kenya at Hambantota, 2011
