Cricket has evolved over the years, and it has become more in favor of the batters. But with time, bowlers have also adjusted themselves and developed different types of weapons in their arsenal to deceive batters. But one ball that is as deadly as it was a century ago is the yorker. When a bowler bowls a perfect Yorker, there aren’t many options a batter can do.
Over the years, we have seen a number of bowlers bowl some amazing yorkers, but doing it consistently is very hard. But some bowlers have mastered their art and are known as Yorker Kings. In this article, we will talk about five bowlers who justified the tag of “Yorker King in the Cricket World.”
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List of Five Bowlers who are known as “Yorker King in Cricket World”
5. Waqar Younis (Pakistan)
Younis was known for his swing and deadly yorkers, and he was one of the most fearsome bowlers to face. He was someone who was known for rattling the stumps. He took 786 international wickets, and 20 percent of those wickets were bowled because of his ability to bowl accurate and swinging yorkers. He had a powerful run-up and was mastered at swinging the ball both ways, which is why he was successful in bowling those yorkers.
4. Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan)
Another Pakistani pacer makes this list, and he is none other than the “Rawalpindi Express” Shoaib Akhtar. Can you imagine the scene when a Yorker at 98–100 mph comes to you, and how would you defend it? Well, now-a-days batters have invented a few shots to avoid yorkers, but in previous generations, it was a wicket ball, and Akhtar used it to perfection. He took 444 international wickets, and 150 of them were bowled, which tells the story of how difficult it was to face his yorkers.
3. Mitchell Starc (Australia)
Mitchell Starc is one of the best bowlers in modern-day cricket. With the new ball, he relies heavily on swing, but when the ball gets old, he comes up with deadly yorkers. A left-arm angle is always very difficult to face, and when the ball comes in with good pace, it is hard to avoid. That is why Starc is known for his accurate toe-crushing yorkers. Starc has taken 206 wickets as bowled in international cricket, which is the fourth-highest in history.
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2. Jasprit Bumrah (India)
Jasprit Bumrah can be termed the New Yorker King in the cricket world because of his ability to bowl at will. He is someone who can bowl six yorkers in an over and has a variety of it. Be it a wide yorker, a traditional yorker, or a swinging yorker, Bumrah is best at bowling such deliveries. As a batter, you know that Bumrah will be bowling a yorker, but still, batters can’t keep it away.
1. Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)
Lasith Malinga is probably the real yorker king of the cricket world. The former Sri Lankan had a huge impact on the game, and he was one of the best white-ball bowlers that the world has ever seen. His ability to nail Yorker made him a dangerous bowler, because he is the only bowler with five international hat-tricks in cricket, and two of them are double hat-tricks where he dismissed the batter bowled or leg-before wicket.
