T20 World Cup Stats: Most Wickets in Powerplay Overs

In T20I cricket, the powerplay phase is challenging for every bowling side. Thanks to the fielding restrictions, opponent batters go bang bang from the first ball, putting bowlers under pressure.

However, a few bowlers have used the new ball skillfully to unsettle batters, resulting in grabbing crucial wickets. They have also replicated their success in the all-important T20 World Cup.

Here we’ll look at the top 10 bowlers with the most wickets in powerplay in T20 World Cup history.

Most Wickets in Powerplay in T20 World Cup

Key Insights

Spinners generally don’t bowl much in the powerplay, but Samuel Badree has picked up the most wickets among tweakers. The former Caribbean leg spinner picked up 12 wickets in powerplay overs. Maheesh Theekshana is the other spinner with 10 or more wickets in the powerplay.

Ajantha Mendis has the lowest economy rate among the bowlers who have bowled 30 or more balls and picked up five or more wickets in the powerplay. The Sri Lankan spinner’s economy is just five in the powerplay phase.

Over 14 bowlers have delivered 125 or more dot balls in powerplay overs. Samuel Badree is the only spinner among them with 127 dot balls out of 222 balls bowled by him in powerplay.

Trent Boult, Tim Southee, and Arshdeep Singh are the only bowlers who has picked up 10 or more wickets in powerplay and death overs in the T20 World Cup.

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