5 overseas bowlers with the most wickets in T20 cricket
Controlling the runs and picking up wickets is a daunting task for the bowlers in the most popular format, the T20 format. A bowler gets only 24 deliveries to try and help his side by getting the breakthroughs and turning the match in his team’s favour. In all T20 cricket, few exceptional bowlers, mainly the spinners, have taken numerous wickets over the years in international cricket and in various T20 leagues around the world.
Let’s take a look at 5 foreign bowlers with the most wickets in all T20s:
5.Shakib Al Hasan (416)
Slow left-arm orthodox bowler Shakib Al Hasan is the fifth name in this chart. The Bangladeshi spinner has snared 416 scalps in 364 T20 at an average of 20.96 and strike rate of 18.5 in this format. His economy rate is just 6.77 with the best figures of 6/6.
4.Sunil Narine (438)
West Indian mystery spinner Sunil Narine finds himself in the fourth spot on this list. In 404 matches, the right arm off-break bowler has picked up 438 wickets at an average of 21.17 and a strike rate of 21.0. He has a solid economy rate of just 6.02 with the best figures of 5/19.
3.Imran Tahir (451)
South Africa’s Imran Tahir is the third name to appear in this chart. In 356 T20 matches, Tahir has gone on to pick up 451 wickets at an average of 19.55 and a strike rate of 16.9. The leg-break googly bowler’s economy rate is just 6.91 with the best figures of 5/23.
2.Rashid Khan (451)
One of the best T20 spinners in the world of cricket currently, Afghanistan’s star spinner Rashid Khan occupies the second spot. The leg-break googly bowler has also taken 451 wickets in 324 games at an average of 17.57 and a strike rate of 16.5. He bowls with a terrific economy rate of just 6.36 in this format and has the best bowling performance of 6/17 to his name.
1.Dwayne Bravo (587)
Caribbean player Dwayne Bravo is miles ahead of all the other bowlers as he has achieved 587 scalps in a staggering 532 matches at an average of 24.02 and strike rate of 17.5. His economy rate is 8.21 with a solid performance of 5/23 to his name.
