Bowlers who have captured 200 plus wickets in Twenty20 games – SL Malinga’s distinction

Bowlers who have captured 200 plus wickets in Twenty20 games – SL Malinga’s distinction

SL Malinga became the first bowler in the history of T20 games to capture 275 wickets. His four wicket haul representing Mumbai against Sunrisers at Mum-WS on 23.04.15 saw him to this landmark. He is one of the eight bowler who have captured 200 plus wickets in T20 games. The following table lists the bowlers who have performed the feat.

No Player Mat Inns Overs M Runs Wkts BBI Ave 4 5
1 SL Malinga 208 203 753.5 12 5025 275 6/07 18.27 7 4
2 DP Nannes 215 211 770.4 09 5720 257 5/31 22.25 7 2
3 Yasir Arafat 197 195 681.0 08 5401 255 4/05 21.18 9 0
4 AC Thomas 214 203 721.2 15 5347 248 5/24 21.56 3 1
5 Azhar Mahmood 213 213 747.1 09 5670 241 5/24 23.52 2 1
6 DJ Bravo 235 221 710.3 01 5715 225 4/23 25.40 3 0
7 JA Morkel 268 243 730.5 07 5681 208 4/25 27.31 3 0
8 Saeed Ajmal 146 145 542.4 11 3396 207 4/14 16.40 7 0

Waiting in the wings to reach the 200 wicket mark in T20 games are SP Narine and KA Pollard. Both have an aggregate of 191 wickets and require nine more wickets to reach the landmark. The career performance of these two bowlers are furnished below

No Player Mat Inns Overs M Runs Wkts BBI Ave 4 5
1 SP Narine 149 146 568.1 12 3138 191 5/19 16.42 9 1
2 KA Pollard 273 211 554.5 01 4467 191 4/15 23.38 3 0

 

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