Top 10 Spin Bowlers In T20I World Cups

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Our T20 International (T20I) ratings take into account all matches from the first T20I match on February 17, 2005 till the below mentioned last update date. Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier bowlers may change if current bowlers set new benchmarks. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Qualifying round of T20 World Cup is not considered in our Rating. So, here are the Top 10 Spin bowlers in World Cups in T20Is.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2023-01-08

THE CRITERIA


The WORLD CUP Rating is divided into five main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 300.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Economic Strike Rate 200.00
Best Bowling Top Inns (Wkts) 150.00
Economic Bowling Top Inns (Eco) 150.00
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player which does the best in a criteria. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Know All About TS. Here is an example:-

  • TS Ave: 25.00; Player X Ave: 30.00; Section Points: 300.00
  • TS Points: 300.00(Max); Player X Points: TS Ave/Ave X 300 = 25.00/30.00 X 300 = 250.00
  • Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Ave being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  • Knock Out matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.
Top Teams (TT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams. Here is some information about the Top Teams:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine top teams.
  • The top teams are calculated by decades.
  • A bowler’s performace is counted in TT if it comes against the team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.

QUALIFICATION


Min Innings (TT) 5
Min Wickets (TS AVE) 10
Min Balls (TS ECO) 100

PROLIFIC


Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS Shahid Afridi PAK 2006 2018 2012 34 39 300.00
1 Shahid Afridi PAK 2006 2018 2012 34 39 300.00
2 Saeed Ajmal PAK 2009 2015 2012 23 36 276.92
3 Ajantha Mendis SL 2008 2014 2011 21 35 269.23
4 R Ashwin IND 2010 2022 2016 24 32 246.15
5 S Badree WI 2012 2018 2015 15 24 184.62
6 GP Swann ENG 2008 2012 2010 15 22 169.23
7 MJ Santner NZ 2015 2022 2018.5 17 21 161.54
8 W Hasaranga SL 2019 2023 2021 10 18 138.46
8 Imran Tahir SA 2013 2019 2016 9 18 138.46
10 SP Narine WI 2012 2019 2015.5 12 15 115.38

CONSISTENT


R Ave

Relative Average (R Ave) is a more accurate type of average. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly it takes into account:-

  • Strength of Opposition.
  • Venues at which a bowler has played.
  • Time Period in which he has been active

Criteria: Points For R Ave

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Imran Tahir 9 214 18 11.89 11.86 100.00
1 Imran Tahir 9 214 18 11.89 11.86 100.00
2 S Badree 15 326 24 13.58 13.63 87.02
3 W Hasaranga 10 247 18 13.72 14.65 80.95
4 Ajantha Mendis 21 526 35 15.03 16.61 71.42
5 SP Narine 12 231 15 15.40 16.61 71.39
6 GP Swann 15 358 22 16.27 16.95 69.99
7 Saeed Ajmal 23 607 36 16.86 17.87 66.37
8 R Ashwin 24 552 32 17.25 18.58 63.85
9 MJ Santner 17 392 21 18.67 19.48 60.88
10 Shahid Afridi 34 907 39 23.26 24.82 47.78

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Imran Tahir 7 169 12 14.08 14.05 100.00
1 Imran Tahir 7 169 12 14.08 14.05 100.00
2 W Hasaranga 7 180 13 13.85 14.78 95.03
3 SP Narine 10 193 13 14.85 16.02 87.73
4 MJ Santner 12 280 17 16.47 17.19 81.73
5 GP Swann 14 336 20 16.80 17.49 80.31
6 S Badree 13 297 17 17.47 17.53 80.15
7 Saeed Ajmal 18 498 26 19.15 20.30 69.21
8 Ajantha Mendis 17 475 24 19.79 21.87 64.24
9 R Ashwin 15 372 15 24.80 26.71 52.61
10 Shahid Afridi 26 721 25 28.84 30.78 45.64

ECONOMIC


R ER

Relative Economy Rate (R ER) for bowlers is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with ER.

Criteria: Points For R ER

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS SMSM Senanayake 5 102 83 4.88 5.04 100.00
1 SP Narine 12 268 231 5.17 5.37 93.86
2 S Badree 15 354 326 5.53 5.69 88.62
3 Imran Tahir 9 216 214 5.94 6.07 83.02
4 W Hasaranga 10 228 247 6.50 6.58 76.70
5 GP Swann 15 330 358 6.51 6.67 75.59
6 MJ Santner 17 361 392 6.52 6.68 75.49
7 R Ashwin 24 510 552 6.49 6.69 75.42
8 Shahid Afridi 34 810 907 6.72 6.89 73.23
9 Ajantha Mendis 21 471 526 6.70 6.92 72.84
10 Saeed Ajmal 23 536 607 6.79 7.00 72.01

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS SMSM Senanayake 5 102 83 4.88 5.04 100.00
1 SP Narine 10 220 193 5.26 5.47 92.22
2 S Badree 13 306 297 5.82 6.00 84.09
3 Imran Tahir 7 168 169 6.04 6.17 81.77
4 MJ Santner 12 259 280 6.49 6.65 75.83
5 W Hasaranga 7 162 180 6.67 6.74 74.78
6 GP Swann 14 306 336 6.59 6.75 74.68
7 Shahid Afridi 26 618 721 7.00 7.18 70.29
8 Saeed Ajmal 18 428 498 6.98 7.20 70.09
9 Ajantha Mendis 17 396 475 7.20 7.44 67.81
10 R Ashwin 15 306 372 7.29 7.51 67.15

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)


BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler against top teams. Best Bowling By Wickets (BBW) is simply the total wickets taken in the 5 innings divided by 5.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 5 Inns

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS Saeed Ajmal 4/26 4/30 3/17 3/34 2/18 3.20 150.00
1 Saeed Ajmal 4/26 4/30 3/17 3/34 2/18 3.20 150.00
2 Ajantha Mendis 4/12 3/9 3/20 3/24 2/9 3.00 140.63
3 MJ Santner 4/11 3/31 2/21 2/29 2/30 2.60 121.88
3 SP Narine 3/9 3/16 3/20 2/17 2/19 2.60 121.88
5 S Badree 3/10 3/12 2/16 2/27 2/37 2.40 112.50
5 W Hasaranga 3/20 3/21 2/19 2/22 2/23 2.40 112.50
7 R Ashwin 4/11 3/22 2/16 1/24 1/27 2.20 103.13
7 GP Swann 3/24 2/24 2/26 2/28 2/31 2.20 103.13
7 Shahid Afridi 3/18 2/16 2/23 2/29 2/30 2.20 103.13
10 Imran Tahir 3/26 2/13 2/27 2/27 1/18 2.00 93.75

BEST BOWLING (ECO)


BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler against top teams. Best Bowling By Economy (BBE) is the Relative Economy of the bowler in the 5 Inns. Only 12+ Balls performaces are counted in this criteria.

Criteria: Points For Economy In Top 5 Inns

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBE RAT
TS Ajantha Mendis 4.0/9 3.0/9 4.0/12 4.0/12 4.0/19 3.32 150.00
1 Ajantha Mendis 4.0/9 3.0/9 4.0/12 4.0/12 4.0/19 3.32 150.00
2 S Badree 4.0/10 4.0/12 4.0/16 4.0/18 4.0/20 3.91 127.15
3 SP Narine 3.4/9 4.0/16 4.0/19 4.0/20 4.0/20 4.44 112.14
4 Shahid Afridi 4.0/16 4.0/17 4.0/18 4.0/20 4.0/21 4.72 105.54
5 R Ashwin 3.2/11 3.0/12 4.0/16 4.0/22 4.0/23 4.72 105.48
6 GP Swann 4.0/17 4.0/17 4.0/20 4.0/20 4.0/24 5.02 99.08
7 MJ Santner 4.0/11 4.0/15 4.0/21 4.0/25 4.0/26 5.02 99.05
8 Saeed Ajmal 4.0/17 4.0/18 3.3/18 4.0/23 4.0/23 5.23 95.10
9 W Hasaranga 4.0/19 4.0/20 4.0/21 4.0/22 4.0/22 5.26 94.60
10 Imran Tahir 4.0/13 4.0/18 4.0/26 4.0/27 4.0/27 5.67 87.74

WORLD CUP RATING


The WORLD CUP (WC) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ECO BBW BBE WC RAT
1 Ajantha Mendis 269.23 135.66 140.65 140.63 150.00 836.17
2 Saeed Ajmal 276.92 135.57 142.10 150.00 95.10 799.70
3 S Badree 184.62 167.17 172.71 112.50 127.15 764.15
4 Shahid Afridi 300.00 93.42 143.52 103.13 105.54 745.60
5 R Ashwin 246.15 116.46 142.56 103.13 105.48 713.77
6 SP Narine 115.38 159.12 186.08 121.88 112.14 694.60
7 Imran Tahir 138.46 200.00 164.79 93.75 87.74 684.74
8 MJ Santner 161.54 142.60 151.32 121.88 99.05 676.39
9 W Hasaranga 138.46 175.98 151.48 112.50 94.60 673.02
10 GP Swann 169.23 150.30 150.27 103.13 99.08 672.01

TOP TEAMS


DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2000s PAK SA IND SL WI AUS ENG NZ
2010s IND SA PAK ENG AUS NZ SL WI
2020s IND PAK ENG SA NZ AUS WI SL


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