In the 2014 T20 World Cup (officially known as the ICC World T20 2014), while many batsmen played some great roles for their respective teams, the bowlers also took similar responsibility with the ball in hand.
During the 2014 T20 World Cup, the spinners played more crucial roles than the pacers as four out of the top five most wicket-takers were spinners.
Here we are talking about the top five most wicket-takers in the 2014 T20 World Cup.
Amit Mishra (India) – 10 wickets
Indian leg-spinner Amit Mishra was consistent with the ball in hand during the 2014 T20 World Cup. During that tournament, Mishra managed to take 10 wickets in six matches. He had the overall bowling figures in the tournament of 22-1-147-10 with an average of 14.70 and economy rate 6.68.
Mishra’s best bowling figures in that tournament was against the hosts Bangladesh in the Super 10 stage (at Dhaka on 28th March 2014) as he finished that game with the bowling figures of 4-0-26-3.