Shahid Afridi captured 5 for 7 representing Peshwar Zalmi against Quetta Gladiators at Sharjah on 14.02.16 in the ongoing Pakistan Super League to provide the second best bowling figures by a captain in the history of Twenty20 games. The best figures are credited to Shakib Al Hasan who returned with figures of 2.4.-0-18-6 while leading Prime Bank against Moahammedan at Sylhet on 26.12.13.

Shahid Afrdi’s 5 for 7 gives him a distinction of becoming the only captain to capture five or more wickets conceding single digit runs in the history of Twenty20 games. The following table lists out 18 captains who have captured five or more wickets in a Twenty20 game

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Shakib Al Hasan	2.4	0	18	6	Prime Bank	Mohammedan	Sylhet	26.12.13
2	Shahid Afridi	4.0	1	7	5	Zalmi	Quetta Glad	Sharjah	14.02.16
3	IK Pathan	4.0	0	13	5	Baroda	Assam	Vadodara	02.01.16
4	SB Bangar	4.0	0	16	5	Railways	Rajasthan	Jaipur	06.04.07
5	Zahid Mahmood	4.0	0	16	5	Bulls	S Stallions	Karachi	19.09.14
6	A Mishra	4.0	1	19	5	Haryana	J + K	Delhi	22.10.10
7	LAS Sebastien	4.0	0	20	5	Dominica	BVI	Coolidge	27.01.08
8	AJ Hollioake	3.0	0	21	5	Surrey	Hampshire	Southampton	24.06.02
9	SC Serasinghe	4.0	1	22	5	Tamil Union	SL Air SC	Colombo (SSC)	28.03.12
10	Shoaib Akhtar	4.0	0	23	5	R Rams	Quetta Bears	Lahore	25.04.05
11	Shabbir Ahmed	4.0	0	23	5	United Bank	PIA	Karachi	07.07.13
12	DJ Bravo	4.0	0	23	5	Red Steel	Tallawahs	Port of Spain	23.07.15
13	KV Sharma	4.0	0	24	5	Railways	Goa	Vadodara	07.01.16
14	A Jacobs	4.0	0	26	5	Warriors	Eagles	Bloemfontein	21.02.7
15	Imran Farhat	4.0	0	26	5	L Eagles	Hawks	Karachi	02.03.10
16	DKH Mitchell	4.0	0	28	5	Worcs	Northants	Northampton	18.07.14
17	Shoaib Malik	4.0	0	29	5	S Stallions	K Dolphins	Rawalpindi	28.03.12
18	RAS Lakmal	4.0	0	34	5	Tamil Union	Chilaw	Colombo (NCC)	20.01.16