Top 15 Most T20 Wickets in a Match in Cricket

Top 15 Most T20 Wickets in a Match in Cricket

Most t20 wickets in a match simply signifies the dominance and supremacy of bowling unit. Twenty 20 cricket has become the heartbeat of cricket, always exciting and enthusiastic. T20 cricket is normally considered as the batsmen’s game with relatively smaller grounds and heavy bats. But there were many occasions when bowlers completely dismantled the batsmen with their stunning efforts. Top 15 Most T20 Wickets in a Match in Cricket is also an assortment of those outstanding performances.ajantha-mendis,Top 15 Most T20 Wickets in a Match in Cricket

Sri Lankan mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis tops the list of most t20 wickets in a match. He managed to pick six wickets in a single match not just once but twice in his career against two different nations. First time Mendis took six wickets against Australia on 8 august 2011 at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. Mendis was able to repeat the same feat a year later when he grabbed six wickets haul. This time it was Zimbabwe who became his victim. Mendis only gave away 8 runs in his four overs and got six wickets.  umar-gul,Top 15 Most T20 Wickets in a Match in Cricket

Pakistan’ pacer Umar Gul also appears in the list twice along Mendis for his superb efforts. Gul managed to capture 5 wickets twice in his career so far once against South Africa and once verse new Zealand. Pakistan and Sri Lanka dominates the top 15 most t20 wickets in a match list with three players each. While two time t20 world cup winners West Indies, Australia and India has not a single player in top fifteen list.imad-wasim,Top 15 Most T20 Wickets in a Match in Cricket

The ongoing t20 series between Pakistan and West Indies in UAE also provided the audience such occasion when Imad Wasim stun the visitors with his left arm bowling and took five wickets for 14 runs thus making into the list. Pakistan won the series 2-0 with one game to go on 27 sept.

Here is the list of top 15 Most T20 Wickets in a Match in Cricket.

 

Sr. No

 

Player

 

Country

 

Overs

 

Runs

 

Wickets

 

Verses

 

01

 

Ajantha Mendis

 

Sri Lanka

 

4

 

08

 

06

 

Zimbabwe

 

02

 

Ajantha Mendis

 

Sri Lanka

 

4

 

16

 

06

 

Australia

 

03

 

Rangana Herath

 

Sri Lanka

 

3.3

 

03

 

5

 

New Zealand

 

04

 

Umar Gul

 

Pakistan

 

2.2

 

06

 

5

 

South Africa

 

05

 

Umar Gul

 

Pakistan

 

3

 

06

 

5

 

New Zealand

 

06

 

Samiullah Shenwari

 

Afghanistan

 

4

 

13

 

5

 

Kenya

 

07

 

Elias Sunny

 

Bangladesh

 

4

 

13

 

5

 

Ireland

 

08

 

Imad Wasim

 

Pakistan

 

4

 

14

 

5

 

West Indies

 

09

 

Tim Southee

 

New Zealand

 

4

 

18

 

5

 

Pakistan

 

10

 

R McLaren

 

South Africa

 

3.5

 

19

 

5

 

West Indies

 

11

 

Ahsan Malik

 

Netherlands

 

4

 

19

 

5

 

South Africa

 

12

 

N Odhiambo

 

Kenya

 

4

 

20

 

5

 

Scotland

 

13

 

Mustafizur Rahman

 

Bangladesh

 

4

 

22

 

5

 

New Zealand

 

14

 

David Wiese

 

South Africa

 

4

 

23

 

5

 

West Indies

 

15

 

A C Evans

 

Scotland

 

4

 

27

 

5

Netherlands