Most wickets in powerplay in T20Is: List of bowlers with highest powerplay wickets in T20 history

Gurpreet Singh | 27/06/2022
Most wickets in powerplay in T20Is: List of bowlers with highest powerplay wickets in T20 history

Most wickets in powerplay in T20Is: Continuing with his good form, the experienced right arm Indian pacer now tops this T20 record list.

During the first T20I of the ongoing India’s tour of Ireland in Dublin, a fine, unbeaten half-century knock from Harry Tector (64* off 33) has helped take the Ireland score to 109/4, after a rain delay reduced the game to 12 Overs a side.

Tector was ably assisted by Lorcan Tucker (18 off 16) at the other end, as the duo managed to stitch together a quick fire 50-run partnership off mere 29 deliveries for the 4th wicket.

As far as the Indian bowlers are concerned, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3-1-16-1), carrying on with his good form from the recently concluded South Africa series, once again started off the proceedings pretty well, scalping a wicket maiden in the very first Over of the match.

However, it was Yuzvendra Chahal (3-0-11-1) who was the pick of the Indian bowlers, as he prevented the Irish batters to bat freely during the middle Overs.

Most wickets in powerplay in T20Is

The lone wicket in the innings for Bhuvneshwar Kumar, was enough to take him right at the top of the list of bowlers who have taken the maximum number of wickets -34, inside the powerplay in T20I history. It took Kumar 62 T20I innings to take the top spot.

Earlier, he was tied alongside West Indian spinner Samuel Badree and Kiwi pacer Tim Southee at 33 wickets each.

Player Innings Overs Wickets
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 62 133 34
Samuel Badree 58 121 33
Tim Southee 68 129 33
Shakib Al Hasan 58 83 27
Josh Hazlewood 30 69 26

List of bowlers with highest powerplay wickets in T20 history

Even in the entire T20 history, it is Bhuvnashwar Kumar, with 88 wickets under his belt off 205 innings, who tops the list of picking the maximum Powerplay wickets.

Player Innings Balls Wickets
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 205 2526 88
David Willey 149 1757 86
Ravi Rampaul 114 1326 70
Lasith Malinga 179 1734 67
Ravichandran Ashwin 156 1498 66

 

Post Edited By: Gurpreet Singh
India tour of Ireland 2022

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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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