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Most wickets in T20 World Cup 2024

Most wickets in T20 World Cup 2024: “Batters win you matches, but bowlers win you tournaments” is a well-known cricket proverb. Excellent bowlers are always crucial to their teams’ victory in tournaments, and we have seen this time and time again, especially in multinational tournaments like the World Cup. There is a long history of bowlers who carry their teams single-handedly to finals, semifinals, and even won tournaments for their teams.

Lasith Malinga is the best example of this, having won the 2014 T20 World Cup as a bowling captain. In the T20 format, bowlers become more crucial for their teams considering the dominance of batsmen in the format. There is a long history of bowlers who took the most wickets in T20 World Cup generally winning the T20 World Cup.

For example, Umar Gul in 2007 and 2009 was the highest wicket-taker in the T20 World Cup; Pakistan won the 2009 T20 World Cup and made their way to the 2007 T20 World Cup final. So, it’s simple: “bowlers are key to winning tournaments.”

Considering the connection between the best bowler in the tournament and tournament wins, it will be interesting to see who takes the most wickets in the T20 World Cup 2024 and increase its team’s chances of winning this T20 World Cup. At the current stage, Fazalhaq Farooqi of Afghanistan is the highest wicket-taker in T20 World Cup 2024. 

Most wickets in T20 World Cup 2024

PPLAYERTEAMMATWKTSBBIECOAVG4W5W
1Fazalhaq FarooqiAFG8175/96.329.4111
2Arshdeep SinghIND8174/97.1712.6510
3Jasprit BumrahIND8153/74.188.2700
4Anrich NortjeSA9154/75.7413.410
5Rashid KhanAFG8144/176.1712.7920
6Rishad HossainBAN7143/227.7613.8600
7Naveen ul HaqAFG8134/26612.3110
8Kagiso RabadaSA9133/186.291500
9Adam ZampaAUS7134/126.6814.3810
10Alzarri JosephWI7134/197.2213.6210

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