Most Successful Bowlers For India in T20I

India is one of the most successful teams in the T20i format around the globe with a winning percentage of 65.57%. Recently the team lifted the title of T20 World Cup after 17 years under the leadership of Rohit Sharma. This tournament was filled with thriller matches where the whole world celebrate the performance of batsmen, meanwhile, in this edition, bowlers proved to be the reason behind the victories for the teams.

For the first time in World Cup history, a bowler became the player of the tournament with a great stat at the end of the tournament. Jasprit Bumrah, the world no.1 ranked bowler in Test Cricket and an all-format versatile bowler took 15 wickets for India with an average of 8.26 and an unbelievable economy of 4.17 in T20i format. This economy is normal in Test cricket or considered good in ODI format. Bumrah managed to keep the rival batsmen tight and made it hard for them to score or even stay on the pitch with their wicket alive.

Let’s have a look at the top most successful bowlers for Team India in the T20i format.

4 Most Successful bowlers For India in T20i

 

1. At the top spot, we have one of the best pace bowlers in the history of cricket around the globe—Jasprit Bumrah. He played his first T20i in 2016. In his T20i career for India, he picked up a total of 89 wickets in 70 matches with an average of 17.74 and an impressive economy to hold in this format of 6.27. He has bowled 12 maiden overs in this format, and his career-best figures are 3/7.

2. At number second we have Bhuvneshwar Kumar a right-arm medium pacer, who debuted in 2012 for India in T20 internationals and took 3 wickets dismissing the top order batsmen of Pakistan with an expense of just 9 runs in 4 overs. He played 87 matches for India in this format and took 90 wickets with an average of 23.10 and an excellent economy of 6.96. His career-best figures are 5/4 and he has bowled 10 maiden overs in his career in T20i.

3. At the third spot, we have India’s Turbanator Harbhajan Singh, a right-arm off-spinner who debuted for India in 2006 and played his last match for India in T20i in 2016. He played 28 matches for India in which he took 25 wickets with an economy of 6.20 and an average of 25.32. His career-best figures are 4/12. He was also a part of the 2007 World Cup-winning squad led by Ms Dhoni.

4. At number four we have the finest all-rounder of India Ravindra Jadeja, he recently declared retirement from the T20i format after playing his last match in the finals of the World Cup 2024. Although his performance in this T20 World Cup was not good but he has been an exceptional asset to the team. He debuted in 2009 and played 74 matches for India taking 54 wickets at an economy of 7.13 with an average of 29.85. He has bowled 4 maiden overs in this format as well.

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