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ICC Men's t20 WC

Most Wickets in T20 World Cup

# Player M Inns Ovr Runs Wk Avg Eco SR 4W 5W
1 Shakib Al Hasan Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) 43 41 146.3 1006 50 20.12 6.88 17.56 3 0
2 Adam Zampa Adam Zampa (AUS) 26 25 93.2 609 44 13.84 6.53 12.71 4 1
3 Adil Rashid Adil Rashid (ENG) 39 38 136.6 984 44 22.36 7.20 18.63 2 0
4 Rashid Khan Rashid Khan (AFG) 28 27 103.2 658 43 15.30 6.38 14.40 3 0
5 Wanindu Hasaranga Wanindu Hasaranga (SL) 20 20 76.2 459 40 11.48 6.02 11.43 0 0
6 Jasprit Bumrah Jasprit Bumrah (IND) 26 26 95.8 546 40 13.65 5.70 14.37 1 0
7 Shahid Afridi Shahid Afridi (PAK) 34 34 135.0 907 39 23.26 6.72 20.77 2 0
8 Anrich Nortje Anrich Nortje (SA) 21 21 79.5 456 38 12.00 5.74 12.55 3 0
9 Lasith Malinga Lasith Malinga (SL) 31 31 101.6 763 38 20.08 7.51 16.04 1 1
10 Saeed Ajmal Saeed Ajmal (PAK) 23 23 88.8 607 36 16.86 6.84 14.80 3 0
11 Arshdeep Singh Arshdeep Singh (IND) 22 22 80.0 625 36 17.36 7.81 13.33 1 0
12 Tim Southee Tim Southee (NZ) 26 25 91.7 645 36 17.92 7.03 15.28 0 0
13 Ajantha Mendis Ajantha Mendis (SL) 21 21 78.3 526 35 15.03 6.72 13.42 2 1
14 Umar Gul Umar Gul (PAK) 24 24 82.0 604 35 17.26 7.37 14.06 2 1
15 Trent Boult Trent Boult (NZ) 19 18 71.4 425 34 12.50 5.95 12.60 1 0
16 Hardik Pandya Hardik Pandya (IND) 33 30 94.0 811 33 24.58 8.63 17.09 0 0
17 Kagiso Rabada Kagiso Rabada (SA) 29 29 103.8 843 33 25.55 8.12 18.87 0 0
18 Ravichandran Ashwin Ravichandran Ashwin (IND) 24 24 84.2 552 32 17.25 6.56 15.79 1 0
19 Mitchell Starc Mitchell Starc (AUS) 26 25 97.0 814 32 25.44 8.39 18.19 0 0
20 Chris Jordan Chris Jordan (ENG) 24 23 73.7 598 31 19.29 8.11 14.26 2 0
21 Shaheen Afridi Shaheen Afridi (PAK) 22 22 82.1 608 31 19.61 7.41 15.89 2 0
22 Dale Steyn Dale Steyn (SA) 23 23 83.1 579 30 19.30 6.97 16.62 1 0
23 Stuart Broad Stuart Broad (ENG) 26 25 86.5 671 30 22.37 7.76 17.30 0 0
24 Maheesh Theekshana Maheesh Theekshana (SL) 25 25 90.4 596 29 20.55 6.59 18.70 0 0
25 Andre Russell Andre Russell (WI) 29 25 72.0 597 29 20.59 8.29 14.90 0 0
26 Mustafizur Rahman Mustafizur Rahman (BAN) 22 22 82.0 562 28 20.07 6.85 17.57 2 1
27 Ish Sodhi Ish Sodhi (NZ) 22 20 70.0 507 27 18.78 7.24 15.56 0 0
28 Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Nabi (AFG) 35 32 91.0 650 27 24.07 7.14 20.22 2 0
29 Mitchell Santner Mitchell Santner (NZ) 30 28 101.5 653 27 24.19 6.43 22.56 1 0
30 Dwayne Bravo Dwayne Bravo (WI) 34 27 88.4 782 27 28.96 8.85 19.64 1 0
31 Taskin Ahmed Taskin Ahmed (BAN) 22 21 74.7 495 26 19.04 6.63 17.24 1 0
32 Paul van Meekeren Paul van Meekeren (NED) 17 16 58.0 350 25 14.00 6.03 13.92 1 0
33 Blessing Muzarabani Blessing Muzarabani (ZIM) 14 13 49.5 387 25 15.48 7.82 11.88 1 0
34 Shadab Khan Shadab Khan (PAK) 24 21 71.0 493 25 19.72 6.94 17.04 1 0
35 Samuel Badree Samuel Badree (WI) 15 15 59.0 326 24 13.58 5.53 14.75 1 0
36 Morne Morkel Morne Morkel (SA) 17 17 62.4 452 24 18.83 7.24 15.60 2 0
37 Mohammad Amir Mohammad Amir (PAK) 21 22 79.0 535 24 22.29 6.77 19.75 0 0
38 Keshav Maharaj Keshav Maharaj (SA) 23 24 81.0 589 24 24.54 7.27 20.25 0 0
39 Tabraiz Shamsi Tabraiz Shamsi (SA) 12 12 43.5 305 23 13.26 7.01 11.35 1 0
40 Nathan McCullum Nathan McCullum (NZ) 22 20 67.1 399 23 17.35 5.95 17.50 0 0
41 Haris Rauf Haris Rauf (PAK) 17 17 64.0 447 23 19.43 6.98 16.70 1 0
42 Axar Patel Axar Patel (IND) 20 20 60.2 493 23 21.43 8.19 15.70 0 0
43 Akeal Hosein Akeal Hosein (WI) 21 21 74.0 524 23 22.78 7.08 19.30 1 1
44 Pat Cummins Pat Cummins (AUS) 23 22 83.0 650 23 28.26 7.83 21.65 0 0
45 Fazalhaq Farooqi Fazalhaq Farooqi (AFG) 14 14 43.5 309 22 14.05 7.10 11.86 2 1
46 Graeme Swann Graeme Swann (ENG) 16 15 55.0 358 22 16.27 6.51 15.00 0 0
47 Sam Curran Sam Curran (ENG) 20 18 55.8 468 22 21.27 8.39 15.22 1 1
48 Shane Watson Shane Watson (AUS) 24 23 75.2 608 22 27.64 8.09 20.51 0 0
49 Logan van Beek Logan van Beek (NED) 24 23 70.4 608 22 27.64 8.64 19.20 0 0
50 Ravindra Jadeja Ravindra Jadeja (IND) 30 29 88.0 635 22 28.86 7.22 24.00 0 0
51 Naveen ul Haq Naveen ul Haq (AFG) 15 14 45.0 316 21 15.05 7.02 12.86 1 0
52 Bas de Leede Bas de Leede (NED) 19 16 48.8 401 21 19.10 8.22 13.94 0 0
53 Jofra Archer Jofra Archer (ENG) 16 16 56.2 476 21 22.67 8.47 16.06 0 0
54 Josh Hazlewood Josh Hazlewood (AUS) 20 19 71.0 508 21 24.19 7.15 20.29 1 0
55 Dushmantha Chameera Dushmantha Chameera (SL) 19 19 67.5 557 21 26.52 8.25 19.29 0 0
56 Mark Watt Mark Watt (SCOT) 22 21 80.0 564 21 26.86 7.05 22.86 0 0
57 Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Johnson (AUS) 14 14 51.7 351 20 17.55 6.79 15.51 0 0
58 Daniel Vettori Daniel Vettori (NZ) 17 17 67.1 392 20 19.60 5.84 20.13 1 0
59 Lockie Ferguson Lockie Ferguson (NZ) 18 16 55.1 424 20 21.20 7.70 16.53 0 0
60 Alzarri Joseph Alzarri Joseph (WI) 10 10 36.3 260 19 13.68 7.16 11.46 2 0
61 Lungisani Ngidi Lungisani Ngidi (SA) 11 12 40.0 320 19 16.84 8.00 12.63 2 0
62 Josh Little Josh Little (IRE) 14 14 54.0 360 19 18.95 6.67 17.05 1 0
63 Brad Wheal Brad Wheal (SCOT) 18 17 59.2 486 19 25.58 8.21 18.69 0 0
64 Angelo Mathews Angelo Mathews (SL) 32 29 79.2 517 19 27.21 6.53 25.01 0 0
65 Imran Tahir Imran Tahir (SA) 9 9 36.0 214 18 11.89 5.94 12.00 1 0
66 Wayne Parnell Wayne Parnell (SA) 14 14 45.5 309 18 17.17 6.79 15.17 1 0
67 Gudakesh Motie Gudakesh Motie (WI) 14 14 43.0 322 18 17.89 7.49 14.33 1 0
68 Al Amin Hossain Al Amin Hossain (BAN) 14 13 43.3 342 18 19.00 7.90 14.43 0 0
69 Michael Leask Michael Leask (SCOT) 20 17 50.0 387 18 21.50 7.74 16.67 1 0
70 Sikandar Raza Sikandar Raza (ZIM) 20 18 53.0 395 18 21.94 7.45 17.67 0 0
71 Marco Jansen Marco Jansen (SA) 15 15 53.1 450 18 25.00 8.47 17.70 2 0
72 Mujeeb Ur Rahman Mujeeb Ur Rahman (AFG) 12 11 42.0 284 17 16.71 6.76 14.82 1 1
73 Nuwan Kulasekara Nuwan Kulasekara (SL) 18 18 58.5 430 17 25.29 7.35 20.65 1 0
74 Ravi Rampaul Ravi Rampaul (WI) 15 15 50.5 443 17 26.06 8.77 17.82 0 0
75 Roelof van der Merwe Roelof van der Merwe (NED,SA) 25 23 61.0 451 17 26.53 7.39 21.53 0 0
76 Safyaan Sharif Safyaan Sharif (SCOT) 15 15 51.7 454 17 26.71 8.78 18.25 0 0
77 George Dockrell George Dockrell (IRE) 22 15 40.1 272 16 17.00 6.78 15.04 0 0
78 Irfan Pathan Irfan Pathan (IND) 14 14 43.0 321 16 20.06 7.47 16.13 0 0
79 Jason Holder Jason Holder (WI) 13 13 42.8 338 16 21.13 7.90 16.05 1 0
80 Abdur Razzak Abdur Razzak (BAN) 15 15 53.4 366 16 22.88 6.85 20.03 0 0
81 Kyle Mills Kyle Mills (NZ) 15 15 52.5 426 16 26.63 8.11 19.69 0 0
82 David Wiese David Wiese (NAM,SA) 18 19 58.0 436 16 27.25 7.52 21.75 0 0
83 Harbhajan Singh Harbhajan Singh (IND) 18 18 69.0 468 16 29.25 6.78 25.88 1 0
84 Sunil Narine Sunil Narine (WI) 12 12 44.4 231 15 15.40 5.20 17.76 0 0
85 Dirk Nannes Dirk Nannes (AUS,NED) 9 9 34.0 239 15 15.93 7.03 13.60 1 0
86 Ashish Nehra Ashish Nehra (IND) 10 10 39.0 269 15 17.93 6.90 15.60 0 0
87 Timm van der Gugten Timm van der Gugten (NED) 14 13 41.0 320 15 21.33 7.80 16.40 0 0
88 Richard Ngarava Richard Ngarava (ZIM) 11 11 40.0 323 15 21.53 8.08 16.00 0 0
89 Moeen Ali Moeen Ali (ENG) 31 19 44.0 331 15 22.07 7.52 17.60 0 0
90 Lahiru Kumara Lahiru Kumara (SL) 13 13 44.5 347 15 23.13 7.80 17.80 0 0
91 Marcus Stoinis Marcus Stoinis (AUS) 23 14 37.5 352 15 23.47 9.39 15.00 0 0
92 Mark Adair Mark Adair (IRE) 16 16 56.4 455 15 30.33 8.07 22.56 0 0
93 Rachin Ravindra Rachin Ravindra (NZ) 12 8 22.0 158 14 11.29 7.18 9.43 1 0
94 Rishad Hossain Rishad Hossain (BAN) 7 7 25.0 194 14 13.86 7.76 10.71 0 0
95 Josh Davey Josh Davey (SCOT) 11 11 38.3 306 14 21.86 7.99 16.41 1 0
96 Varun Chakaravarthy Varun Chakaravarthy (IND) 12 12 42.0 358 14 25.57 8.52 18.00 0 0
97 Mohammad Shami Mohammad Shami (IND) 14 14 45.5 370 14 26.43 8.13 19.50 0 0
98 Barry McCarthy Barry McCarthy (IRE) 13 13 44.2 393 14 28.07 8.89 18.94 0 0
99 Glenn Maxwell Glenn Maxwell (AUS) 36 28 60.1 459 14 32.79 7.64 25.76 0 0
100 Ruben Trumpelmann Ruben Trumpelmann (NAM) 17 17 60.0 500 14 35.71 8.33 25.71 1 0

Stats updated after every match.

# - Player Rank
M - Matches Played
W– Won
L– Lost
T– Tied
N/R– No Result
PTS– Points
NRR– Net Run Rate
Q– Qualified
Inns - Innings Bowled
Ovr - Overs Bowled
Runs - Runs Conceded
Wk - Wickets Taken
Avg - Bowling Average
Eco - Economy Rate
SR - Bowling Strike Rate
4W - 4 Wickets in an Innings
5W - 5 Wickets in an Innings
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No Team M W L PTS
1 South Africa SA 4 4 0 8
2 Zimbabwe ZIM 4 3 0 7
3 Bangladesh BAN 0 0 0 0
4 South Africa SA 3 3 0 6
5 India IND 4 4 0 8

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Most Wickets in T20 World Cup History

The ICC T20 World Cup 2026 is around the corner and we are eagerly waiting for the tournament. The stats and records of the ICC tournaments have always been the craze. Fans around the world are very keen to check the most wickets in ICC t20 world cup stats. Check the  most wickets in t20 world cup detailed stats below.

Most Wickets in T20 World Cup(2007 to 2024)

Shakib Al Hasan topped the most wickets in t20 world cup table with 50 wickets in 43 matches with a strike rate of 17.56. Pakistani all rounder Shahid Afridi is in the second position with 39 wickets at 23.26 avg in 34 matches. Lasith Malinga took 38 wickets in 31 matches of his world cup career and in the third position on most wickets in t20 wc tally. Wanindu Hasaranga has an excellent average of 11.73 and took 37 wickets in just 19 matches in this tournament at 6.01 economy rate. Afghanistan leg spinner took 37 wickets in 24 world cup matches at an amazing strike rate of 14.14. 

Adam Zampa from Australia took 36 wickets in 22 matches at an average of 13.69. Pakistan off spinner Saeed Ajmal is in the 7th spot in the list who took 36 wickets in 23 matches. Tim Southee from New Zealand is the next name in the most wickets in T20 world cup table who took 36 wickets in 26 world cup matches with 15.28 average. Anrich Nortje, Ajantha Mendis, Umar Gul, Trent Boult and Ravi Ashwin among the other bowlers took the most wickets in t20 wc history.

Most Consistent Wicket-takers in T20 World Cup

Wanindu Hasaranga from Sri Lanka is the most consistent wicket-taker in t20 world cup history. He was the top wicket taker in back to back t20 wc seasons of 2021 and 2022. Leg spinner Rashid Khan is another consistent wicket taker who finished the second highest wicket taker in 2016 and among the top 5 in the last world cup. Ajantha Mendis and Umar Gul are the other consistent wicket-takers in T20 WC history. Mendis took 15 wickets and was the highest wicket-taker in 2012 wc and Umar Gul was the top wicket taker in 2007 and 2009 world cup.

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