Most dot balls bowled by a bowler in T20 World Cup
A bowler’s job is to pick wickets and at the same time contain runs irrespective of the format and the tournament. In T20 cricket, which is the most demanding and action-packed format, bowlers have to be on their toes to pick wickets and try to dry up the scoring rates of the batters. In T20 World Cups, few prominent names have managed to deliver the most number of dot deliveries.
Let’s take a look at 3 bowlers with the most dot balls in the history of T20 World Cups:
3.Lasith Malinga (240)
Former Sri Lanka pacer and the yorker specialist Lasith Malinga occupies the third position for delivering the most dot balls in the history of T20 World Cups competitions. The right-arm fast bowler bowled 240 dot balls in 31 innings. Malinga, who has taken the third-most wickets (38) in the tournament, has delivered 616 balls, conceding 763 runs at an average of 20.07 and a strike rate of 16.2 with an economy rate of 7.43. Having made his debut in the WC in the inaugural season in 2007, Malinga won the title with Sri Lanka in Bangladesh in the 2014 edition.
2.Shakib Al Hasan (287)
Star Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan finds himself in the second position for bowling the most dot balls in T20 World Cup tournaments. The slow left-arm orthodox bowler has delivered 287 dots in 35 innings. Shakib has bowled 775 deliveries, conceding 876 runs at an average of 18.63 and a strike rate of 16.4 with an economy rate of just 6.78. Shakib, who is one of the two players with Rohit Sharma to have played all eight editions of the competition, is also the highest wicket-taker with 47 scalps to his name.
1.Shahid Afridi (306)
Former Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi tops the chart for the most dot balls in T20 World cup history. The leg-break bowler delivered 306 dot balls in 34 innings. Afridi has bowled 810 deliveries, leaking 907 runs at an average of 23.25 and a strike rate of 20.7 with an economy rate of 6.71. He is the second-highest wicket-taker in the marquee event with 39 scalps to his name. Notably, Afridi won the T20 WC title with Pakistan in the 2009 edition, having also won the POTM awards in the semi-final and the final of that winning campaign.
