Bowlers with wicket-taking ability are an asset for any team in any given format. In T20s, a bowler who can pick wickets at regular intervals greatly boosts their respective team in lowering the opposition total and keeping the punishment minimal.
In the other formats, bowlers are judged by the number of five-wicket hauls they have picked in their careers when it comes to the T20 format, it is usually measured by the number of 3-wicket innings hauls. This is because the quota of balls a bowler can deliver in an inning is 24 and it drastically lowers the chances of them picking five or even a four-wicket haul. In this article, we will see the list of bowlers who have the most 3-wicket hauls in T20Is.
Most 3-Wicket Hauls in T20Is
| Player | Team | Innings | 3+ Wickets | Total Wickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 108 | 28 | 182 |
| Henry Ssenyondo | Uganda | 91 | 20 | 124 |
| Mark Adair | Ireland | 89 | 19 | 128 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | Bangladesh | 122 | 19 | 155 |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | Pakistan | 94 | 19 | 122 |
| Sandeep Lamichhane | Nepal | 68 | 18 | 129 |
| Tim Southee | New Zealand | 123 | 18 | 164 |
| Ehsan Khan | Hong Kong | 95 | 17 | 129 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | Sri Lanka | 83 | 17 | 139 |
| Rizwan Butt | Bahrain | 75 | 17 | 122 |
Key Stats
Rashid Khan, one of the leading spinners in the white-ball game has taken a three-wicket haul in T20Is, a whopping 24 times. This includes 8 four-wicket hauls and 2 five-wicket hauls.
Apart from the 10 players mentioned here, Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh and Dhruvkumar Maisuria of Botswana are the others to have picked 15 or more 3-wicket hauls in T20I format.
44: The number of bowlers to take 10 or more 3-wicket hauls in T20I cricket. Overall 1265 players have picked at least a single 3-wicket haul in the shortest format of the game.
Except for Sandeep Lamichhane in this list, all the other players have taken 50 or more wickets cumulatively in the games they have picked a 3-wicket haul. Lamichhane has scalped 49 wickets in the 15 games he has picked a three-fer.
