The Rank Of Top Strike Bowlers For Each Team in The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022. The key to stopping the flow of runs in T20Is is with the frequent fall of wickets.
1. Afghanistan
Rashid Khan, Afghanistan is arguably the best T20 bowler in the world. The 24-year-old leg-spinner has taken the second-highest number of wickets in T20Is (118), while having one of the best strike rates (13.6).
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Rashid, who took eight wickets in five matches in the T20 World Cup last year, should make more of an impact this time, especially with the threat at the other end of 21-year-old off-spinner Mujeeb ur Rahman.
Rashid Khan
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 2
- Career Wickets: 118
- Career Strike Rate: 13.6
- Latest T20I Bowling: 0/33, 2/25, 1/39, 3/22, 0/12
Mujeeb ur Rehman
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 8
- Career Wickets: 45
- Career Strike Rate: 16.2
- Latest T20I Bowling: 0/29, 0/12, 2/30, 3/16, 2/24
- India
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has emerged as India’s premier T20I bowler, especially with Jasprit Bumrah getting injured.
Bhuvneshwar played only one match in the T20 World Cup last year but with 32 wickets already in 2022, he is integral to India’s prospects this time around.
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal provides useful variety and is one of only 10 bowlers to claim six wickets in a T20I.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 12
- Career Wickets: 85
- Career Strike Rate: 19.2
- Latest T20I Bowling: 1/39, 0/52, 5/4, 0/30, 1/40
Yuzvendra Chahal
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 34
- Career Wickets: 85
- Career Strike Rate: 18.2
- Latest T20I bowling: 1/22. 0/12, 1/42, 3/34, 1/43
- South Africa
Fast bowler Lungi Ngidi has the best strike rate (12.4) of any bowler to take 50 or more wickets in T20Is and will be crucial to South Africa’s prospects, especially in the absence of Dwayne Pretorius.
Left-arm spinner Tabrez Shamsi took eight wickets in five matches in the last T20 World Cup and the most recent five to his name against England.
Lungi Ngidi
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 37
- Career Wickets: 51
- Career Strike Rate: 12.4
- Latest T20I Bowling: 2/51, 0/49, 1/14, 1/39, 0/10
Tabraiz Shamsi
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 5
- Career Wickets: 69
- Career Strike Rate: 17.9
- Australia
Josh Hazlewood has been at the top of his game this year with 20 wickets in 11 T20Is and reached the tournament as the No. 1 ranked T20 bowler.
Leg-spinner Adam Zampa has taken the most wickets in T20Is (75) for the defending champions and has equally claimed the second most wickets (13) in the last T20 World Cup.
Josh Hazlewood
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 1
- Career Wickets: 52
- Career Strike Rate: 15.1
- Latest T20I Bowling: 0/19, 3/35, 1/40, 0/20, 2/39
Adam Zampa
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 4
- Career Wickets: 75
- Career Strike Rate: 19.1
- Latest T20I bowling: 1/34, 0/21, 0/44, 3/16, 0/36
- New Zealand
Lachlan Ferguson hits the deck hard with his raw pace but also controls regular wicket-taking with 32 in 21 T20Is.
Trent Boult took more wickets (13) than any other fast bowler in the last T20 World Cup, and can be counted on to be a key player for New Zealand again.
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 23
- Career Wickets: 32
- Career Strike Rate: 14.1
- Latest T20I Bowling: 0/16, 1/33, 0/23, 1/35, 1/10
Trent Boult
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 26
- Career Wickets: 66
- Career Strike Rate: 16.5
- Latest T20I Bowling: 2/25, 1/22, 0/21, 1/36, 1/31
- Sri Lanka
Wanindu Hasaranga has taken 71 wickets in just 44 T20 Internationals while taking wickets at a disastrous strike rate of one wicket every 13.1 balls. When he was the leading wicket-taker with 16.
Off-spinner Mahesh Thekshana may be less damaging, but he has shown that he can claim the scale by restricting runs from the opening overs.
Wanindu Hasranga
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 3
- Career wickets: 71
- Career Strike Rate: 13.1
- Latest T20I Bowling: 3/27, 3/21, 0/39, 0/23, 2/41
Mahesh Dikshana
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 7
- Career Wickets: 22
- Career Strike Rate: 27.27
- Latest T20I Bowling: 1/25, 2/21, 2/29, 1/29, 1/23
- England
Mark Wood is finally making the most of his pace after overcoming a series of injuries and is ready for the T20 World Cup with nine wickets in his last three T20Is.
Left-arm seamer Reece Topley added useful variety to the attack and looks set to deliver on his promise with 16 wickets in T20Is this year.
Mark Wood
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 32
- Career Wickets: 35
- Career Strike Rate: 14.3
- Latest T20I Bowling: 3/34, 3/20, 3/24, 0/34, 0/47
Reece Topley
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 14
- Career Wickets: 21
- Career Strike Rate: 20.9
- Latest T20I Bowling: 2/36, 1/34, 1/31, 2/37, 1/22
8. Pakistan
Fast bowler Haris Rauf has improved the MRF Tires T20 bowling rankings this year by taking 21 wickets in 15 T20 Internationals after taking eight wickets in last year’s T20 World Cup.
21-year-old Mohammad Wasim is a rising star for Pakistan and already has an impressive strike rate of one wicket every 13.7 balls.
Haris Rauf
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 15
- Career Wickets: 62
- Career Strike Rate: 16.9
- Latest T20I Bowling: 3/28, 1/38, 0/24, 2/41, 3/32
Mohammad Wasimi
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 74
- Career Wickets: 24
- Career Strike Rate: 13.7
- Latest T20I Bowling: 2/20, 3/24, 0/61, 0/29, 1/32
- Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s left-hander Shakib Al Hasan is frequently bowled to add to his record of 122 victims.
With Mustafizur Rahman six wickets short of becoming the sixth bowler to claim 100 T20I wickets, the pacer is still crucial to Bangladesh’s bowling mix.
Shakib Al Hasan
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 22
- Career Wickets: 122
- Career Strike Rate: 18.2
- Latest T20I Bowling: 0/23, 0/31, 1/13, 1/10, 1/38
Mustafizur Rahman
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 39
- Career Wickets: 94
- Career Strike Rate: 16.5
- Latest T20I bowling: 0/48, 2/31, 1/32, 0/30, 1/22
- West Indies
Left-arm pacer Obed McCoy has emerged as a weapon for West Indies and showed his impact when he removed India captain Rohit Sharma on the first ball of a T20I in August, ending with 6/17 in four overs .
Jason Holder has 23 wickets in 16 T20 Internationals this year and will have to carry that form to the T20 World Cup if the two-time champions are to trouble and claim a third title.
Obed McCoy
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 41
- Career Wickets: 37
- Career Strike Rate: 13.1
- Latest T20I Bowling: 2/33, 3/40, 1/39, 0/27, 2/66
Jason Holder
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 43
- Career wickets: 46
- Career Strike Rate: 20.5
- Latest T20I Bowling: 0/27, 1/30, 0/40, 1/42, 1/38
- Ireland
22-year-old Josh Little is enjoying the breakout of 2022 with 28 wickets in 19 T20Is, while Mark Adair is the second fastest bowler to reach 50 T20I wickets in 28 matches.
Josh Little
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 46
- Career Wickets: 51
- Career Strike Rate: 19.4
- Latest T20I Bowling: 2/14, 0/25, 2/29, 2/18, 1/33
Mark Adair
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 55
- Career Wickets: 72
- Career Strike Rate: 15
- Latest T20I Bowling: 3/16, 1/23, 1/42, 2/12, 0/39
- Zimbabwe
The Fast bowlers Luke Jongwe and Tendai Chatra often work well together and they have 28 wickets in T20Is in 2022.
Luke Jongwe
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 60
- Career Wickets: 48
- Career Strike Rate: 14.2
- Latest T20I Bowling: 1/28, 0/7, 2/34, 1/6, 1/39
Tendai Chatara
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 68
- Career wickets: 47
- Career Strike Rate: 18.7
- Latest T20I Bowling: 1/21, 3/14, 1/24, 2/33, 0/24
- Namibia
All-rounders Jan Frylink and JJ Smit have claimed rare six-wicket hauls in T20Is and should enjoy the opportunity to test themselves on the biggest stage.
Jan Frylinck
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 67
- Career Wickets: 51
- Career Strike Rate: 13.6
- Latest T20I bowling: 2/25, 1/39, 1/21, 2/17, 0/32
JJ Smit
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 79
- Career Wickets: 31
- Career Strike Rate: 16.4
- Scotland
Left-arm spinner Mark Watt rarely fails to pick up at least one wicket and will be asked to be aggressive in the T20 World Cup, while Safyan Sharif has the experience of stopping and finishing.
Mark Watt
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 29
- Career Wickets: 57
- Career Strike Rate: 18.3
- Latest T20I Bowling: 0/37, 1/32, 0/41, 1/20, 1/13
Safyaan Sharif
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 65
- Career Wickets: 61
- Career Strike Rate: 18.2
- Latest T20I Bowling: 0/48, 1/41, 0/14, 2/28, 1/21
- Netherlands
The Netherlands could look to add promising Brandon Glover to the bowling line-up, led by the dependable Fred Klaasen.
Fred Klaassen
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 80
- Career Wickets: 32
- Career Strike Rate: 18.1
- Latest T20I Bowling: 1/29, 0/40, 5/19, 2/16, 2/18
Brandon Glover
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 72
- Career Wickets: 30
- Career Strike Rate: 14.2
16. United Arab Emirates
Zahoor Khan makes an impression with his steady line and credible attack on the stumps while Junaid Siddiqui will ride high after scoring 5/13 against West Indies in a T20 World Cup practice match.
Zahoor Khan
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: 69
- Career Wickets: 41
- Career Strike Rate: 17.5
- Latest T20I Bowling: 0/41, 1/34, 3/29, 1/14, 0/37
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Junaid Siddique
- ICC T20I Bowling Rankings: NA
- Career Wickets: 29
- Career Strike Rate: 18.2
- Latest T20I Bowling: 0/33, 1/35, 3/14, 1/34, 1/38
