Adam Zampa equaled the legendary Muttiah Muralitharan's record of most wickets in a single edition of the World Cup on Sunday, November 19. In the final of the 2023 edition against India at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Zampa achieved the legend.

Australian spinner Adam Zampa achieved a significant milestone in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 final against India on Sunday.

The leg-spinner equaled spin maestro Muttiah Muralitharan's record for most wickets taken by a spinner in a single edition of the ODI World Cup.

Zampa bowled 1/44 in the final while the pacers took most of the wickets. The Australian pacers took seven wickets including Mitchell Starc three, Josh Hazlewood two and skipper Pat Cummins two.

Zampa and Maxwell picked up a wicket each. While Maxwell picked up the big wicket of Rohit Sharma, Zampa picked off Jasprit Bumrah. That was the only wicket he took in the innings, taking his wicket tally to 23 of the tournament's wickets.

In 2007, Muralitharan picked up 23 wickets from 10 matches at an economy rate of 4.14 and had two four-wicket hauls to his credit.

In 2023, Zampa finished his season with 23 wickets from 11 matches at an economy rate of 5.36. On Sunday, the leg-spinner finished with figures of 10-0-44-1. Zampa got the wicket of Jasprit Bumrah, equaling Muralitharan's record. Brad Hogg (2007) and Shahid Afridi (2011) are in second place with 21 wickets each.

Zampa started his season with one wicket from two games and was not quite at his best. But from then on he stepped up his game and continued to torment the opponent with his cunning and trajectory.

Zampa picked up three four-wicket hauls on the trot against Sri Lanka, Pakistan and the Netherlands. He was then responsible for two three-wicket hauls against New Zealand and England.

Zampa had a bad day against South Africa as he failed to take a wicket. But the tweaker made amends in the finale.

Zampa, meanwhile, also became the first foreign bowler to pick 50 wickets in ODIs on Indian soil. It took the leggie 27 games to reach the landmark. In 96 ODIs, Zampa has taken 165 wickets with 11 four-wicket hauls and one five-wicket haul.