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Just how good have the bowlers, including spin and pace, from Asian countries been where it comes to dominating the best in the world who bat in SENA nations? If this is a question that has been fascinating you for the longest possible time, then make no mistake - it appears that several Asian bowlers have excelled when bowling against the SENA countries and with rich aplomb.
So how has this happened and who has been the most exceptional bowler contesting in SENA countries in terms of the wickets column. Look nowhere else for we have it covered for you and the first name in the list will not even surprise you.
List of Asian Bowlers With Most Test Wickets in SENA Countries:
Japrit Bumrah: 148* wickets from 60 innings
Not the fastest bowler in the world. Not the bowler who would generate the most scary or overwhelming portions of bounce either. And definitely not the bowler who plays extensive amounts of cricket given he's so often injured and found recovering. And yet, the one bowler who took the least amount of innings to capture 148 wickets.
Jasprit Bumrah is really a sensation and there's little reason to doubt his ability on a cricket field. When he plays T20Is, you can say, most teams consider they are batting four overs less for he just doesn't allow to be hit or leaked for too many runs.
When it's one-dayers, Bumrah consolidates pressure over an Indian opponent by subjecting him to vicious bouncers and yorkers and makes sure there's a tight lid on the one end for batters confronting him.
And when it comes to playing Test cricket, a format Bumrah loves, he makes each over a dramatic unfolding of events where not just the wicketkeeper but the entire slip cauldron remains busy.
This was the case on Day 2 of the opening Test featuring India and England at Headingley where the pace ace got the big, and arguably speaking, decisive wicket of Joe Root.
Wasim Akram: 146 wickets from 55 innings
The great legend Wasim Akram, still widely considered the best Pakistan fast bowler, the 'sultan of swing' and the greatest bowler in terms of his variations and the ability to move the ball both ways has an incredible record when bowling in SENA countries.
But as they say with great men, the greater the challenge, the better their response.
With 916 international wickets, including 414 from Tests, the left-arm seamer will always be a whirlwind and inimitable talent.
Anil Kumble: 141 wickets from 67 innings
Nicknamed "Jumbo", something that past players like Nayan Mongia used to call him from behind the stumps, Kumble's heroics with the red and white ball found true measure of his greatness and talent when it came to contesting in the SENA countries.
And a record of 141 international wickets in SENA nations is a great achievement. Back in the nineties and the mid 2000s, cricket was still, it could be argued, a sport where batters really had to apply themselves to spin and find a way to come out on top as opposed to the brash and often, wild slogging days we evidence today particularly because of the rise of T20 franchise cricket.
Ishant Sharma: 130 wickets from 71 innings
Now, here's a cricketer we tend to not celebrate that enough or sing a lot of praises about; Sharma with his uncanny ability to bounce batters, some of the world class names, including Smith and Williamson, holds an enviable SENA nation record, where he took no fewer than 130 international wickets.
