3 bowlers with most dot balls bowled in T20 cricket

Bowling a dot ball in a T20 match is a big task for a bowler. Batters tend to strike right from ball one as the shortest format of the game is known as a batter’s format. Bowlers have to be at their best to try and stop the batter from scoring big. And in such situations, bowling dot balls in a four-over spell is nothing but an achievement.

Let’s take a look at 3 bowlers with the most dot balls in the history of T20 cricket:

3. Sohail Tanvir (3038)

Pakistani left-arm pacer Sohail Tanvir is third on the list for bowling 3038 dot balls in T20 matches. Known for his unique action, Tanvir, who still holds the record for second-best bowling figures of 6/14 in the Indian Premier League (IPL) which he took in the inaugural season in 2008, has an average of 25.92 and an economy rate of 7.41 in the T20 format. He has also delivered 14 maidens in his entire T20 career.

2. Dwayne Bravo (3329)

West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo is number two in the chart for most 3329 dot balls. In 484 innings, the right-arm medium-pacer has an average of 24.45 and an economy rate of 8.23 in T20 matches. Bravo is also the second-highest wicket-taker with 167 scalps in the cash-rich league of India, the IPL. He is known for his slower ones and bowling in the death where he has been successful over the years with his IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK).

1. Sunil Narine (3976)

West Indian Sunil Narine has bowled 3976 dot balls in 376 innings with an average of 21.23 and an economy rate of 6.06 by playing in various T20 leagues around the world. The champion spinner also holds the mind-boggling record of bowling a maiden in the Super Over in one of the matches in the 2014 Caribbean Premier League (CPL). The 2012 and 2014 IPL winner with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) also tops the list for bowling most maidens in T20 cricket which is 27.

(Numbers as on 10th March 2022)