Top 5 Bowlers With Most T20 Wickets
Published - 21 Apr 2021, 11:45 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:44 AM
On Wednesday (21st April) night, the Caribbean off-spinner Sunil Narine surpassed Sri Lankan right-arm pacer Lasith Malinga in the list of most T20 wickets and became the second most wicket-taker in T20 cricket history.
It was the match between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) which was the 15th match of the IPL 2021. It was the first match for KKR cricketer Sunil Narine in this IPL season.
After KKR sent CSK to bat first, CSK scored 220/3 (20 overs), majorly thanks to openers Faf du Plessis (95 not out) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (64). Sunil Narine had bowling figures of 4-0-34-1 in that innings.
During his last over of this game, Narine dismissed Moeen Ali (25 off 12 balls) who was stumped out. Before this game, Sunil Narine and Lasith Malinga were jointly standing in the second position in the list of most T20 wickets with 390 wickets. After this latest innings, Narine put behind Malinga by claiming his 391st T20 wickets and became the lonely second-most wicket-taker in T20 cricket history.
Another Caribbean cricketer, the right-arm medium-pacer Dwayne Bravo is leading the list of most T20 wickets with 518 wickets. However, he is not playing this match between CSK and KKR as he is a key member of CSK.
South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir, who is also a CSK member at present, is in the fourth position in the list of most T20 wickets as he has taken 384 wickets in his T20 career.
Pakistan left-arm pacer Sohail Tanvir is in the fifth position in the list of most T20 wickets as he has already bagged 368 T20 wickets.
Top 5 bowlers with most T20 wickets
| Player | Nationality | Wickets |
| Dwayne Bravo | Trinidadian | 518 |
| Lasith Malinga | Sri Lankan | 391 |
| Sunil Narine | Trinidadian | 390 |
| Imran Tahir | South African | 384 |
| Sohail Tanvir | Pakistan | 368 |
Among the Indians, the leg-spinner Piyush Chawla is the leader of most T20 wickets with 262 wickets. Amit Mishra is in next place with 260 T20 wickets while Ravichandran Ashwin has picked up 249 wickets in his T20 career.
