A new record

The third match might not end in a win for Shah but the series will be remembered for his 14 wickets in the second Test and for this incredible record:

On the fourth morning of the final Test in Abu Dhabi against New Zealand, Yasir Shah did not merely break an 82-year-old record, he smashed it.

By dismissing William Somerville roughly half an hour into the morning, he picked up his 200th Test wicket in just his 33rd Test. That breaks the record for the fastest to 200 Test wickets, so long held by another legspinner, Clarrie Grimmett who reached the mark in his 36th Test.

Yasir Shah is averaging six wickets a Test. That's absolutely phenomenal.

Comments

[Tambi Dude]

Actually 6wkts per match has already been achieved by Muralidharan who took 800 wkts in 133 test. But between the two I would pick Yasir any day.