The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 began on June 2 (as per IST) and ran till June 29 in the West Indies and the United States.
Featuring as many as 20 teams, a total of 55 matches will be played over four weeks in the ninth edition of the T20 World Cup.
Some of the world’s leading T20 bowlers including the likes of Adil Rashid, Wanindu Hasaranga, Axar Patel, Maheesh Theekshana, Josh Hazlewood, Rashid Khan and Jasprit Bumrah are featuring in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024.
Namibia’s left-arm pacer Ruben Trumpelmann was the first bowler to register a four-wicket haul in T20 World Cup 2024. The 26-year-old pacer recorded figures of 4 for 21 to help his side bowl out Oman for 109 in 19.4 overs. Namibia later beat Oman in a Super Over in the third match of the T20 World Cup.
Sri Lanka cricket team captain Wanindu Hasaranga finished with the most wickets in the previous two editions of the T20 World Cup in 2021 and 2022.
In the 2022 edition of the T20 World Cup in Australia, star leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga scalped 15 wickets in eight matches at an average of 13.26 and an economy of 6.41.
Prior to that in the 2021 edition, Hasaranga also bagged the most wickets in the T20 World Cup in Oman and the United Arab Emirates. He claimed 16 wickets in eight games at an average of 9.75 and an economy of 5.20, which was the record for the most wickets in any edition of the T20 World Cup until this tournament, when Fazalhaq Farooqi and Arshdeep Singh both took 17.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan holds the record for the most wickets in T20 World Cup history.
The slow left-arm orthodox spinner finished his T20 World Cup career with 50 wickets in 43 matches at an average of 20.12. The figures below were current going into this tournament, when he was on 47 from 36.
Former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi (39 wickets) and ex-Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga (38 wickets) were next on the list at the time; both have since been passed, and Afridi and Malinga now sit seventh and eighth.
Apart from Wanindu Hasaranga, the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Matheesha Pathirana, Adam Zampa, Kuldeep Yadav and Mitchell Starc were in contention to be leading wicket-takers at that tournament in the Caribbean and the United States.
Here’s a look at the players with the most wickets in T20 World Cup 2024.
Most wickets in T20 World Cup 2024
|
Player |
Team |
Matches |
Wickets |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi |
Afghanistan |
8 |
17 |
| Arshdeep Singh |
India |
8 |
17 |
| Jasprit Bumrah |
India |
8 |
15 |
| Anrich Nortje |
South Africa |
9 |
15 |
| Rashid Khan |
Afghanistan |
8 |
14 |
|
Rishad Hossain |
Bangladesh |
7 |
14 |
|
Naveen-ul-Haq |
Afghanistan |
8 |
13 |
|
Alzarri Joseph |
West Indies |
7 |
13 |
|
Adam Zampa |
Australia |
7 |
13 |
| Kagiso Rabada |
South Africa |
9 |
13 |
For the all-time picture, see our page on the most wickets in T20 World Cup history, rebuilt after the 2026 edition.
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