We are almost approaching the end of this year, and like all the years, 2017 was a memorable one for several cricketers who produced some brilliant performances over the course of this calendar year to win recognition for their country. With the perception of playing changing, the bowlers find it tough to make space for them as the number of overs keeps reducing.
However, the bowlers have brought in some variations to their game to tackle the batsmen and improve their statistics and tried to keep a check on the flow of runs. Sri Lankan off-spinner Dhananjaya De Silva tops the list with an economy rate of 3.00 in the three T20I he has played in this calendar year. Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir, who made a comeback earlier this takes the second spot with an economy of 3.25 in the one matches he has featured so far.
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The young spin sensation from Afghanistan, Rashid Khan, who recently made his debut in the Big Bash League this month is tied at fifth spot with an economy rate of 4.57 from the ten matches.
South African fast bowler Chris Morris finds himself in the sixth spot with an economy rate of 4.72.
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Man of the series from the recently concluded India Sri Lanka series, Jaydev Unadkat makes a late entry to the list to find himself at the eighth spot as he was economical all throughout the series with a rate of 4.88, while Marcus Stoinis and Jason Mohammed occupies the ninth and tenth position respectively.
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Here is the list of the bowlers with the best economy rates in T20Is in 2017:
| PLAYERS | COUNTRY | MATCHES | OVERS | MAIDEN | ECONOMY |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Mohammad Amir | Pakistan | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3.25 |
| Kane Williamson | New Zealand | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4.16 |
| Zeeshan Maqsood | Oman | 4 | 16 | 0 | 4.18 |
| Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 10 | 35 | 1 | 4.57 |
| Chris Morris | South Africa | 3 | 11 | 1 | 4.72 |
| Faheem Ashraf | Pakistan | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4.80 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | India | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4.88 |
| Marcus Stoinis | Australia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Jason Mohammed | West Indies | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5.00 |