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Top 10: Most Maiden Overs by a Bowler in a T20I Innings

For a bowler in T20 cricket, a dot ball off his bowling is considered a huge bonus, as the batters in this format are always on the lookout for runs. So as a bowler, one needs to find a way to stop the batter from scoring, which is incredibly hard.

They need pinpoint accuracy and mental courage to bowl in this format, so a maiden over in T20s is a Goldust. Bowling 6 dots in an over derails the momentum of the batting team and piles up the pressure, which in turn creates wicket-taking opportunities.

If bowling a single maiden over isn’t enough, some bowlers have delivered more than 1 maiden over in a single T20I inning. And we will list the top 10 instances of most maiden overs bowled by a bowler in a T20I innings.

Most Maiden Overs in a T20I Innings

PlayerMaidens BowledOvers BowledAgainstVenueDate
Saad Bin Zafar (CAN)44.0PanamaCoolidge14 Nov 2021
Lockie Ferguson (NZ)44.0P.N.G.Tarouba17 Jun 2024
George Sesay (SLE)34.0MaliBenoni9 Dec 2023
Nopphon Senamontree (THAI)34.0MaldivesBangkok15 Feb 2024
Dewald Nel (SCOT)24.0BermudaBelfast3 Aug 2008
Raymond Price (ZIM)24.0CanadaKing City13 Oct 2008
Shapoor Zadran (AFG)24.0ScotlandAbu Dhabi10 Feb 2010
Sulieman Benn (WI)24.0ZimbabwePort of Spain28 Feb 2010
Shaun Tait (AUS)24.0BangladeshBridgetown5 May 2010
Ajantha Mendis (SL)24.0ZimbabweHambantota18 Sep 2012

Key Insights

Saad Bin Zafar of Canada and Lockie Ferguson of New Zealand are the only bowlers who have sent out 4 maidens in a T20 international innings and didn’t concede a single run in any of their 4 allowed overs. Bin Zafar also has the second-best economy rate of 4.79 in T20Is, only behind Ramjani (4.74) in the format.

There are 6 other bowlers, including Nuwan Kulasekara, who didn’t concede a single run in their spell but bowled only 2 overs in the game.

George Sesay and Thailand’s Nopphon Senamontree are the other 2 bowlers who have bowled 2 or more maidens in a single T20I innings.

Frank Nsubuga, the left-arm spinner from Uganda, has bowled the most maidens in T20Is (15), and there are only 4 other bowlers who have bowled 10 or more maidens in their careers.

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