Spinners with the best bowling figures against India in ODI cricket

1. Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – 7/30

After the Sri Lankan team batted really well and set up a massive target of 295 for India, Muralitharan’s career-best ODI figures carried Sri Lanka to a comfortable 68-run victory in Sharjah. He took the important wickets of Sachin Tendulkar, Robin Singh, Yuvraj Singh and Vinod Kambli to break India’s backbone and help the Lankan Lions in bowling them out for 226 runs.

2. Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka) – 6/13

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