Best Bowling Strike Rate in T20I Cricket

This article highlights the bowlers who bowl the fewest balls for every wicket, resulting in lower bowling strike rates in T20Is.

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Best Bowling Strike Rate in T20Is

Player	Team	Innings	Strike Rate (Balls per Wicket)	Balls Bowled	Total Wickets
Syazrul Idrus	Malaysia	31	11.49	586	51
Dhruvkumar Maisuria	Botswana	40	11.51	852	74
Umair Tariq	Austria	42	11.51	645	56
Nalin Nipiko	Vanuatu	31	11.53	565	49
Kuldeep Yadav	India	51	11.70	1109	94
Hernan Fennell	Argentina	31	12.05	615	51
Sandeep Lamichhane	Nepal	68	12.07	1558	129
Sahir Naqash	Germany	31	12.48	537	43
Iqbal Hussain	Qatar	26	12.53	564	45
Yasir Ali	Spain	37	12.84	668	52
Varun Chakravarthy	India	33	12.90	753	58
Joao Huo	Mozambique	33	12.93	621	48
Bilal Hassun	Uganda	44	12.98	844	65

Note: Bowlers who have bowled a minimum of 500 balls are considered.

Key Insights on Most Efficient Wicket Takers in T20I Cricket

Elite Bowlers with Best Career Strike Rates in T20 Internationals

There are five bowlers who have maintained their strike rates below 12 in T20I cricket.

Among them, India’s Kuldeep Yadav is the only bowler from a full member T20I team with a strike rate below 12.

Kuldeep Yadav also has the lowest bowling average (around 13) among full member bowlers in T20Is (minimum 500 balls).

Malawi’s Blessings Pondani is the only bowler with a bowling strike rate above 30 in T20Is.

T20I Bowling Efficiency by Match Phase and Conditions

Arshdeep Singh (India), Josh Hazlewood (Australia), and Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan) have strike rates below 18 in the powerplay overs (1-6) in T20Is.

Kuldeep Yadav and Sandeep Lamichhane have strike rates below 13 in the middle overs (7-16) in T20Is.

Rashid Khan is the only bowler to strike a wicket after every seventh delivery in the death overs (17-20) in T20Is. See who has picked the most wickets at this phase of the T20I matches.

New Zealand’s Adam Milne is the only bowler to maintain a strike rate below 13 on home soil in T20Is.

Bahrain’s Ali Dawood and Nepal’s Sandeep Lamichhane have strike rates below 13 in overseas T20I matches.

Top T20I Performance Records by Captains and Calendar Year

England’s Adil Rashid (vs West Indies) and New Zealand’s Tim Southee (vs Pakistan) are the only two bowlers with strike rates below 15 against a specific team in T20Is.

Moazzam Baig (Malawi), Charles Perchard (Jersey), and Rashid Khan are the three captains with bowling strike rates below 14 in T20Is.

Uganda’s Arpit Ramjani has the lowest strike rate in a calendar year in T20Is; he struck at 11.2 while taking 55 wickets in 30 innings in 2023.

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