Imran Tahir of South Africa joins the elite list of bowlers who have captured fifty plus wickets in Twenty20 Internationals

Imran Tahir joined the elite list of bowlers who have captured 50 plus wickets in T20Is to become the 17th bowler to accomplish such a feat. The following table lists all the bowlers.
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Overs | M | Runs | W | BBI | Ave | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | Shahid Afridi | Pak | 98 | 96 | 357.2 | 4 | 2362 | 97 | 4/11 | 24.35 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Saeed Ajmal | Pak | 64 | 63 | 238.2 | 2 | 1516 | 85 | 4/19 | 17.83 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Umar Gul | Pak | 60 | 60 | 200.3 | 2 | 1443 | 85 | 5/06 | 16.97 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | SL Malinga | Srl | 63 | 63 | 221.5 | 0 | 1611 | 80 | 5/31 | 20.13 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Shakib Al Hasan | Ban | 57 | 56 | 207.5 | 1 | 1406 | 67 | 4/15 | 20.98 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | BAW Mendis | Srl | 39 | 39 | 147.3 | 5 | 952 | 66 | 6/08 | 14.42 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | SCJ Broad | Eng | 56 | 55 | 195.3 | 2 | 1491 | 65 | 4/24 | 22.93 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | KMDN Kulasekara | Srl | 54 | 54 | 189.1 | 6 | 1385 | 61 | 4/32 | 22.70 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | NL McCullum | NZl | 63 | 59 | 187.1 | 0 | 1278 | 58 | 4/16 | 22.03 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | DW Steyn | RSA | 42 | 42 | 150.1 | 2 | 1009 | 58 | 4/09 | 17.39 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Mohammad Nabi | Afg | 52 | 52 | 187.2 | 5 | 1305 | 56 | 4/10 | 23.30 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Imran Tahir | RSA | 31 | 31 | 115.5 | 0 | 740 | 54 | 5/24 | 13.70 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | R Ashwin | Ind | 45 | 45 | 167.0 | 2 | 1154 | 52 | 4/08 | 22.19 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DJ Bravo | Win | 66 | 56 | 173.4 | 0 | 1470 | 52 | 4/28 | 28.26 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | GH Dockrell | Ire | 43 | 39 | 130.4 | 1 | 821 | 52 | 4/20 | 15.78 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Sohail Tanvir | Pak | 54 | 54 | 191.2 | 3 | 1364 | 52 | 3/12 | 26.23 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | GP Swann | Eng | 39 | 38 | 135.0 | 4 | 859 | 51 | 3/13 | 16.84 | 0 | 0 |
Imran Tahir became the second South African bowler to capture 50 plus wickets in T20Is after DW Steyn. DW Steyn has captured 58 wickets.
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Overs | M | Runs | W | BBI | Ave | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | DW Steyn | RSA | 42 | 42 | 150.1 | 2 | 1009 | 58 | 4/09 | 17.39 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Imran Tahir | RSA | 31 | 31 | 115.5 | 0 | 740 | 54 | 5/24 | 13.70 | 2 | 1 |