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ICC T20 World Cup: Top Wicket Taker From 2007 to 2021

ICC T20 World Cup: Top Wicket Taker From 2007 to 2021: Bowling has always been a crucial part of T20 cricket. As it is the shortest format, batters look to thrash every ball they face. Thanks to T20 cricket, bowlers have plenty of variations in their kitty. Cricket was a different game a decade ago where pace bowlers were meant to dominate the game with their sheer pace.

White ball cricket was the bowler-dominating game back then. The introduction of IPL changed the fate of world cricket and produced several T20 specialists; yes, it was a new term that was introduced by IPL too. 

Well, it was tough back then for bowlers who bowled 140-150 kmph to control their pace and ball cutter or slower one, but did you know? There was plenty of them who knew how to dominate the game under these conditions as well. 

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Also Read: ICC T20 World Cup: Highest Run Scorers From 2007 to 2021

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Most Wickets In Every Edition of T20 World Cup 2007-2021

Umar Gul- Pakistan Took 13 Wickets In ICC T20 World Cup 2007

Pakistan Cricket Board is one of the best cricketing boards in the world, with a reputation for producing the world’s fastest bowlers. The board had produced several cricketing veterans such as Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Shoiab Akhtar, and more. Among these legendary sheer pacers, Umar Gul became the most effective bowler for Pakistan in the T20 World Cup. In the first edition of the T20 World Cup, the right-arm pacer bagged 13 wickets in his name with an excellent economy of 5.65. Umar Gul was Pakistan’s finest fast bowler who dominated the first edition of the T20 World Cup. Gul had represented Pakistan in 60T20I, where he managed to pick 85 wickets with an avg of 16.96.

Umar Gul (Pakistan) Took 13 Wickets In ICC T20 World Cup 2009

As mentioned above, Umar Gul was Pakistan’s finest T20 production. The legendary fast bowler in the next edition of the T20 World Cup, i.e., ICC T20 World Cup 2009, became the first bowler in T20 history to pick most wickets for consecutive times. In the 2007 World Cup, Gul grabbed 13 wickets; in 2009, Gul managed to dominate the contest again by grabbing 13 wickets. Gul, in 2009, played seven games in Pakistan, where he picked 13 crucial wickets and bowled exceptionally well with an economy of 6.44.

Dirk Nannes (Australia) Took 14 Wickets In ICC T20 World Cup 2010

If you are a big cricketing fan, I bet you won’t forget Dirk Nannes’s brilliant spells in ICC T20 World Cup 2010. Representing Australia in 17 T20I, Nannes had bagged 28 international wickets. In the 2010 T20 World Cup, he picked 14 wickets and bowled exceptionally well with an economy of 7.03. Nannes had a short T20 career, and it was all because of Nannes that Australia managed to reach the finals of the 2009 T20 World Cup, where the squad ended up being on the losing side. 

Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka) 15 Wickets In the 2012 ICC T20 World Cup

Sri Lanka is a land of spinners, and the board has a history of producing mystery spinners like Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis. In the 2000s, Sri Lanka was the most consistent team in the ICC event. Thanks to Mendis in the 2012 World Cup, the Lions made it to the finals. Mendis’s exceptional spell against Zimbabwe on 6/8 and 4/12 against West Indies in the finals was a sort of spells that one cannot forget. The Lions, however, in the finals, lost against the West Indies, but Mendis in the 2012 edition grabbed 15 wickets with an economy of 6.12. 

Imran Tahir & Ahsan Malik ( South Africa & Netherlands) 12 Wickets in 2014 ICC T20 World Cup

Imran Tahir of South Africa and Ahsan Malik of the Netherlands shared the ICC T20 World Cup 2014 wicket-taking lead with 12 wickets each. Tahir had the best bowling effort of 4/21 against the Dutch, while Malik topped the list of wicket-takers as an associate bowler.

If we look at Imran Tahir’s T20 career, Tahir is an important member of the South African bowling lineup. Tahir is well-known for his amazing googlies. Tahir is the type of bowler that every franchise league team desires.

Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) 15 Wickets In the 2016 ICC T20 World Cup

Mohammad Nabi is a well-known Afghanistan all-rounder who has dominated T20 Cricket for several years. Nabi took the most wickets (12) in the 2016 T20I World Cup. As I mentioned above, he is a potential all-rounder and had created several records with his bat too. Nabi is a crucial figure in Afghanistan’s rise to prominence on the international cricket stage.

Wanindu Hasaranga ( Sri Lanka) 16 Wickets in the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup

Wanindu Hasaranga bowled brilliantly to finish the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 as the highest wicket-taker with 16 wickets. Thanks to his brilliant spells in 2021, WC Hasaranga added himself to the list of most wickets by any player in a single edition. Hasaranga became the third player in T20 World Cup history to score a hat-trick against South Africa. Despite Hasaranga’s outstanding efforts, Sri Lanka failed to advance to the T20 World Cup knockout stages. 

Every cricket board has announced its squad for the ICC World Cup 2022, and trust us when we say that every team looks lethal. All of the teams competing in the Grand League are among the best in the world. Except for a few teams such as Ireland, Zimbabwe, Thailand, Malaysia, and the United Arab Emirates, the participating squads have proven their worth in recent tours.

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