Sportzwiki’s Year Review: Top 5 Highest Wicket-takers In T20I
Dec 21, 2016 at 4:58 PM
T20 Cricket has genuinely made bowlers better over the time as it has brought so much variety to the bowling in both pace and spin departments.
Despite batsmen dominating the games, the bowlers have managed to come up with solutions to make it an even battle between bat and ball this year.
2016 has seen plenty of T20 cricket internationally due to World T20 and domestic T20 leagues have also taken their share of games.
Here we look at the top 5 bowlers who took the most wickets in T20I cricket this year.
#5. Amjad Javed- 22 Wickets
The captain of United Arab Emirates, Amjad Javed is in spectacular form with the ball in the shorter format of the game.
The 36-year old has managed to pick up 22 wickets this year in just 12 matches. A remarkable feat considering he is into his fag end of his playing career.
#4. Al-Amin Hossain- 22 wickets
The young Bangladeshi bowler has been at the peak of his powers this year as he has managed to impress with his great bowling for the Tigers in T20 internationals this year.
The 26-year old has picked up 22 wickets in just 14 matches and have been phenomenal for Bangladesh in the shortest format in 2016.
#3. Ravichandran Ashwin – 23 wickets
2016 is undoubtedly the best year in the career of Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin as the 30-year old has impressed across all the three formats. Ashwin has been the cornerstone in the Indian bowling and has managed to impress in both T20Is and Tests equally.
Ashwin has managed to pick 23 wickets in 17 T20Is as he helped India become a dominant force in T20 format as well.
#2. Rashid Khan- 23 wickets
The 18-year old has been the find of the year in the T20 format as Rashid Khan picked up 11 wickets in T20 World Cup to hit the headlines across the world.
He has impressed with his mature bowling at such tender age and ended the year with 23 wickets as 2016 is the breakthrough year for the young offspinner.
#1. Jasprit Bumrah- 28 wickets
India has finally found a reliable young bowler who can bowl yorkers at will and mix his variations at will to contain batsmen in the final overs.
Bumrah has been the find for India this year as he provides the cutting edge for a decent Indian bowling which often leaked runs in the slog overs. However, Bumrah with his different action has managed to get the better of the opposition batsmen as he managed an incredible 28 wickets in 21 T20 internationals this year.