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Shakib Al Hasan to Wanindu Hasaranga: Bowlers with most wickets in history of T20 World Cup

From Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan to Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga here is the list of bowlers who scalped the most wickets in the history of T20 World Cup.

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authorSportsTak Desk
Sun, 02 Jun 02:46 AM IST

The T20 World Cup has witnessed eight exciting editions so far where two teams (England and West Indies) won the title two times each. England won their first T20 World Cup in 2010 when the tournament was played in the Caribbean. They won the final against Australia by seven wickets. They won their second title in the recent edition of the tournament which was hosted by Australia and they beat Pakistan to win their second title. The shortest format of the game is known as the batters' game because of the hard hitting in the limited overs. However, some bowlers cemented their name as the highest wicket-takers in the history of the tournament. 

 

Here is the Tally of the highest wicket-takers in the history of the T20 World Cup

 

Rank

Player

Span

Mat

Inns

Balls

Overs

Mdns

Runs

Wkts

BBI

Ave

Econ

SR

4

5

1

Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)

2007-2022

36

35

775

129.1

0

876

47

4/9

18.63

6.78

16.48

3

0

2

Shahid Afridi (PAK)

2007-2016

34

34

810

135

1

907

39

4/11

23.25

6.71

20.76

2

0

3

SL Malinga (SL)

2007-2014

31

31

616

102.4

0

763

38

5/31

20.07

7.43

16.21

0

1

4

Saeed Ajmal (PAK)

2009-2014

23

23

536

89.2

1

607

36

4/19

16.86

6.79

14.88

3

0

5

Ajantha Mendis (SL)

2009-2014

21

21

471

78.3

3

526

35

6/8

15.02

6.7

13.45

1

1

6

Umar Gul (PAK)

2007-2014

24

24

496

82.4

0

604

35

5/6

17.25

7.3

14.17

1

1

7

R Ashwin (IND)

2012-2022

24

24

510

85

0

552

32

4/11

17.25

6.49

15.93

1

0

8

PW Hasaranga (SL)

2021-2022

16

16

366

61

1

355

31

3/8

11.45

5.81

11.8

0

0

9

DW Steyn (SA)

2009-2016

23

23

499

83.1

1

579

30

4/17

19.3

6.96

16.63

1

0

10

SCJ Broad (ENG)

2007-2014

26

25

521

86.5

2

671

30

3/17

22.36

7.72

17.36

0

0

11

TG Southee (NZ)

2010-2022

22

22

481

80.1

2

609

29

3/6

21

7.59

16.58

0

0

12

MA Starc (AUS)

2012-2022

20

20

474

79

1

660

27

3/20

24.44

8.35

17.55

0

0

13

DJ Bravo (WI)

2007-2021

34

27

532

88.4

0

782

27

4/38

28.96

8.81

19.7

1

0

14

TA Boult (NZ)

2014-2022

14

14

334

55.4

0

366

25

4/13

14.64

6.57

13.36

1

0

15

IS Sodhi (NZ)

2016-2022

17

17

378

63

0

444

25

3/18

17.76

7.04

15.12

0

0

16

S Badree (WI)

2012-2016

15

15

354

59

1

326

24

4/15

13.58

5.52

14.75

1

0

17

M Morkel (SA)

2007-2014

17

17

376

62.4

0

452

24

4/17

18.83

7.21

15.66

2

0

18

A Zampa (AUS)

2016-2022

14

14

300

50

0

306

23

5/19

13.3

6.12

13.04

0

1

19

Rashid Khan (AFG)

2016-2022

15

15

350

58.2

0

372

23

4/9

16.17

6.37

15.21

1

0

20

NL McCullum (NZ)

2007-2016

22

20

403

67.1

0

399

23

3/15

17.34

5.94

17.52

0

0

21

GP Swann (ENG)

2009-2012

16

15

330

55

2

358

22

3/24

16.27

6.5

15

0

0

22

SR Watson (AUS)

2007-2016

24

23

452

75.2

1

608

22

3/26

27.63

8.07

20.54

0

0

23

MJ Santner (NZ)

2016-2022

17

17

361

60.1

0

392

21

4/11

18.66

6.51

17.19

1

0

24

CJ Jordan (ENG)

2014-2022

18

18

362

60.2

0

464

21

4/28

22.09

7.69

17.23

1

0

25

RA Jadeja (IND)

2009-2021

22

22

444

74

1

529

21

3/15

25.19

7.14

21.14

0

0

26

AU Rashid (ENG)

2009-2022

22

22

470

78.2

1

548

21

4/2

26.09

6.99

22.38

1

0

Bangladesh's star spinner leads the tally as he got 14 scalps in 35 innings in the history of the T20 World Cup. Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi stands second on the list with 39 wickets in 34 matches. Ravichandran Ashwin is the only Indian who made it to this tally. He is currently on seventh by picking 32 wickets in 24 outings.

 

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Interestingly, Shakib is the only player in the top 5 among the highest wicket-takers featuring in the T20 World Cup 2024 which is hosted by the USA and West Indies. Shakib's Bangladesh will play their first T20 World Cup match against Sri Lanka on June 8 at Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas.

 

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