Bowling a maiden over in T20 cricket is the same as picking up a wicket; sometimes more valuable than that.
This article will list the bowlers with most maiden overs in T20 cricket.
Most Maiden Overs in T20 Cricket
| Player | Innings | Maiden Overs |
|---|---|---|
| Sunil Narine | 566 | 33 |
| Mohammad Amir | 342 | 27 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 457 | 27 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 315 | 26 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 255 | 22 |
| Frank Nsubuga | 99 | 22 |
| Samuel Badree | 194 | 21 |
| Wahab Riaz | 344 | 21 |
| Mohammad Irfan | 152 | 20 |
| Praveen Kumar | 177 | 19 |
Key Insights on Most Maiden Overs in T20 Cricket
All-Time Leaders in Professional T20 Maidens
Sunil Narine is the only bowler to send down more than 30 maiden overs in T20 cricket.
Narine bowled just one maiden in his T20I career, with the others coming in domestic and franchise T20 leagues.
Narine (in West Indies) and Shakib Al Hasan (in Bangladesh) are the two bowlers to deliver 20 or more maidens in a single country in T20s.
Shakib has bowled 17 of his maiden overs at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, the most by a bowler at a single ground in T20s.
Most Maidens in Specific T20 Tournaments
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Praveen Kumar have bowled the joint-most maiden overs in the Indian Premier League (IPL), with 14 each to their names.
Narine has bowled 18 of his maiden overs in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
World Record Feats in T20 Matches
Frank Nsubuga, who plays for Uganda, has bowled all of his maiden overs in T20Is, the most by a bowler at the international level.
Vidarbha’s Akshay Karnewar became the first bowler to deliver four maiden overs in a single T20 innings. He achieved the feat against Manipur in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy game, India’s domestic T20 tournament, in 2021.
Saad Bin Zafar (Canada), Lockie Ferguson (New Zealand), and Ayush Shukla (Hong Kong) have imitated Karnewar’s feat in international T20s.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (for India and Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2022), Shem Ngocho (for Kenya in 2023), and Nopphon Senamontree (for Thailand in 2024) bowled the most maiden overs in a year in T20s, with nine each in those respective years.
Most Dot Balls in T20s
Narine is the only bowler to bowl more than 5000 dot balls in professional T20 cricket.
In international T20s, Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman leads the dot ball chart.
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