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T20 World Cup 2024 Most Wickets
( As on - Jan 03 2025, 6:33 PM IST )MAT
OV
M
RUNS
WKTS
3-FORS
FIFERS
AVG
ECON
BEST
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi
Afghanistan
8
25.2
0
160
17
3
1
9.41
6.31
5/9
2
Arshdeep Singh
India
8
30
0
215
17
3
0
12.64
7.16
4/9
3
Jasprit Bumrah
India
8
29.4
2
124
15
2
0
8.26
4.17
3/7
4
Anrich Nortje
South Africa
9
35
0
201
15
1
0
13.40
5.74
4/7
5
Rashid Khan
Afghanistan
8
29
0
179
14
3
0
12.78
6.17
4/17
6
Rishad Hossain
Bangladesh
7
25
0
194
14
3
0
13.85
7.76
3/22
7
Naveen-ul-Haq
Afghanistan
8
26.4
0
160
13
2
0
12.30
6.00
4/26
8
Kagiso Rabada
South Africa
9
31
2
195
13
1
0
15.00
6.29
3/18
9
Adam Zampa
Australia
7
28
0
187
13
1
0
14.38
6.67
4/12
10
Alzarri Joseph
West Indies
7
24.3
0
177
13
1
0
13.61
7.22
4/19
11
Tanzim Hasan Sakib
Bangladesh
7
24
2
149
11
2
0
13.54
6.20
4/7
12
Keshav Maharaj
South Africa
8
28
0
175
11
1
0
15.90
6.25
3/27
13
Andre Russell
West Indies
7
20.1
0
141
11
1
0
12.81
6.99
3/31
14
Tabraiz Shamsi
South Africa
5
16.5
0
128
11
3
0
11.63
7.60
4/19
15
Hardik Pandya
India
8
25
2
191
11
2
0
17.36
7.64
3/20
T20 WORLD CUP 2026 MOST WICKETS
Veteran Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib al Hasan is the leading wicket taker in the T20 World Cup history. Shakib has taken 47 wickets at an impressive average of 18.63 and a commendable economy rate of 6.78, including three fiur-wickets haul. Pakistan’s Umar Gul was the top wicket-taker in the first two T20 World Cups in 2007 and 2009.
Shakib is followed by the former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, who has managed to get 39 wickets in 34 T20 World Cup games. Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga is at third place with 38 wickets in 31 T20 World Cup matches. Pakistan's off-spinner, Saeed Ajmal, has captured 36 wickets in 23 T20 World Cup matches, and is placed fourth in the list. Sri Lanka's mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis, ranks fifth among all T20 World Cup wicket-takers. Mendis has claimed 35 wickets in just 21 T20 World Cup matches.