2025 Records

2025 Stats: Most Wickets in T20I Cricket

PlayerTeamInningsWicketsEconomyBest Bowling
Umair TariqAustria11246.275/32
Rizwan ButtBahrain14215.783/29
Ali DawoodBahrain12195.673/13
Rahulkumar HashuPortugal8176.954/17
Kaleem SanaCanada9176.694/17
Abdul MajidBahrain14174.962/13
Upen ShantuPortugal8165.543/23
Yasir MohammadUSA6166.254/11
Imran AnwarBahrain9155.853/19
Varun ChakaravarthyIndia5147.665/24

Key Stats

Alpesh Ramjani (UGA) picking 55 wickets is the only instance of a bowler picking 50+ wickets in a calendar year in T20I cricket history.

In 2025, 52 bowlers have taken 5 or more wickets in the shortest format of the game till now. Rizwan Butt of Bahrain has the most wickets (21) and he has done so at an average of 14.33 in 14 innings.

Similarly, Jon Jon Smit’s average of 3.85 for Namibia (7 wickets) is the lowest in 2025.

Varun Chakaravarthy of India, New Zealand’s James Neesham (5/22), and Hungary’s Muhammad Saqlain (5/32) are the ones to have taken a five-wicket haul in an innings.

10 other bowlers have picked a four-wicket haul in an innings at least once. Jacob Duffy and Deepak Rawat have captured four or more wickets in an innings twice each.

*With a lot of T20Is taking place throughout the year, we can anticipate many changes to this table in the coming weeks/ months