5 Players With Best Bowling Figures In T20Is As A Captain
Published - 25 Nov 2021, 03:17 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:01 AM
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Former South Africa pacer Dale Steyn recently tweeted that “Batters wow the crowd, bowlers win you games”. Although this might not be always true; but there are many games when bowlers won the games for their teams with their spectacular bowling figures.
In the sport of cricket, captaincy is the role that is dominated by batsmen. However, there are also few bowlers who have led the sides effectively in many games. Moreover, there are also a few bowlers who executed fabulous match-winning bowling spells while leading a team in a T20I game. Here we talk about 5 players with the best bowling figures in T20Is as a captain.
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5. Shakib Al Hasan- 5/20
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan takes the 5th spot in this list. The left-arm spinner led Bangladesh in a T20I game against West Indies in 2018. Hasan scalped a 5-wicket haul in the match and returned with bowling figures of 5/20.
4. Charles Perchard- 5/17
Charles Perchard led Jersey- a small island nation near United Kingdom- in a T20I match against Guernsey in 2019. The right-arm medium pacer picked a 5-wicket haul in the match, returning with match-winning bowling figures of 5/17.
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3. Moazzam Baig- 5/13
Moazzam Baig takes the 3rd spot in this list. The Malawi skipper led the team in a T20I match against Swaziland in 2021, where he executed a spectacular bowling performance as a captain. The right-arm off-spinner scalped 5 wickets for just 13 runs in the match to gain the limelight of everyone.
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2. Lasith Malinga- 5/6
Former Sri Lanka pacer Lasith Malinga grabs the 2nd spot in this list. The right-arm pacer picked a 5-wicket haul in a T20I encounter against New Zealand in 2019. Malinga emerged with bowling figures of 5/6 in the match. The Sri Lankan skipper picked the first 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls in the 3rd over, thus bagging a hat-trick and giving a big blow to the opposition at the start.
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1. Hernan Fennell- 6/18
Hernan Fennell takes the top spot on this list. While leading Argentina in a T20I game against Panama in 2021, the right-arm medium pacer accounted for a 6-wicket haul. With bowling figures of 6/18 in the match, he surpassed Malinga in this list and became the captain with the best bowling figures in a T20I game.
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