List: Players with 1000 Runs and 50 Wickets in T20Is

In T20Is, an all-rounder plays a pivotal role in a team’s success. After all, a player who can contribute with both the bat and the ball has immense value in the shorter format of the game.

Over the years, the T20I format has seen some of the best all-rounders grace the field. However, a few players like Shakib Al Hasan, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Nabi, and Hardik Pandya have etched their names in history with the remarkable achievement of scoring 1000 runs and picking up 50 wickets.

So, in this article, let’s take a look at the players with 1000 runs and 50 wickets in T20Is.

Players with 1000 Runs and 50 Wickets in T20Is

Player	Team	Matches	Runs	Batting Avg	Wickets	Bowling Avg
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	129	2551	23.19	149	20.91
Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	139	2357	22.44	102	27.86
Hardik Pandya	India	120	1860	27.35	98	26.58
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	99	1416	17.92	98	24.44
Virandeep Singh	Malaysia	102	3013	37.66	97	14.29
Sikandar Raza	Zimbabwe	118	2643	25.41	96	22.16
Dinesh Nakrani	Uganda	80	1121	24.91	94	15.24
Imran Anwar	Bahrain	89	1034	18.80	85	22.31
George Dockrell	Ireland	146	1200	20.00	83	22.95
Dwayne Bravo	West Indies	91	1255	22.01	78	26.10
Sami Sohail	Malawi	64	1957	47.73	64	16.87
Jan Frylinck	Namibia	71	1030	26.41	63	17.95
JJ Smit	Namibia	64	1092	33.09	62	15.79
Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	119	2514	26.46	61	22.75
Rohan Mustafa	UAE	58	1006	20.95	61	21.03
Andre Russell	West Indies	86	1122	22.00	61	31.45
Kevin O’Brien	Ireland	110	1973	21.21	58	19.81
Ryan Burl	Zimbabwe	103	1666	24.86	58	21.50
Gerhard Erasmus	Namibia	74	1719	31.83	57	15.78
Dipendra Singh Airee	Nepal	84	1840	32.85	54	19.09
Moeen Ali	England	92	1229	21.18	51	27.13
Bilal Zalmai	Austria	46	1328	34.94	51	22.01
Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	84	1204	23.15	51	33.66
Zeeshan Maqsood	Oman	73	1369	26.32	51	22.90

Key Insights

Pakistan’s prolific all-rounder Shahid Afridi became the first player to achieve the double of 1000 runs and 50 wickets in the T20I format. Afridi also features in the list of players with over 5000 runs and 500 wickets across all formats.

The UAE’s Rohan Mustafa became the first associate player to score 1000 runs and take 50 wickets in T20Is, achieving the feat in 2023.

Namibia’s Gerhard Erasmus and Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza are the two captains to aggregate 1000 runs and grab 50 wickets in T20Is.

Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan and Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi are the two players to score 2000-plus runs and pick up 100-plus wickets in the shortest format. This makes them some of the greatest all-rounders in the game’s history.

Shakib is the only all-rounder to attain the double of 2500 runs and 100 wickets in T20I cricket. 

11 players have crossed 1500 runs and 50 wickets in the shortest format. The players are:

• Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
• Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan)
• Hardik Pandya (India)
• Virandeep Singh (Malaysia)
• Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe)
• Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan)
• Sami Sohail (Malawi)
• Kevin O’Brien (Ireland)
• Gerhard Erasmus (Namibia)
• Ryan Burl (Zimbabwe)
• Dipendra Singh Airee (Nepal)

Shakib and Dinesh Nakrani (Uganda) are the two players on this list to have two or more five-wicket hauls in the 20-over format.

Among the above-listed players, seven have scored a century each. The centurions are:

• Kevin O’Brien (Ireland: 124 vs Hong Kong, 2019)
• Bilal Zalmai (Austria: 111* vs Czech Republic, 2019)
• Dipendra Singh Airee (Nepal: 110* vs Malaysia, 2022)
• Gerhard Erasmus (Namibia: 100* vs Uganda, 2022)
• Zeeshan Maqsood (Oman: 102* vs Bahrain, 2022)
• Virandeep Singh (Malaysia: 116* vs Indonesia, 2023) 
• Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe: 133* vs Gambia, 2024)

O’Brien was the first among this lot, scoring 124 runs against Hong Kong in 2019. This made him the first Irish batter to notch up a T20I century and the first Irish batter to score a hundred in all formats.

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