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 |