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Top 10 Current Spin Bowlers In T20 Internationals

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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). Only bowlers active till at least 2022 are considered in this rating. So, here are the Top 10 Spin bowlers in matches in last 5 years in T20Is.

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

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. ECONOMIC
5.1. Against All Teams
5.2. Against Top Teams
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
7. BEST BOWLING (ECO)
8. CURRENT RATING
9. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

The CURRENT Rating is divided into five main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 200.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Economic Strike Rate 300.00
Best Bowling Top Inns (Wkts) 100.00
Economic Bowling Top Inns (Eco) 100.00
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) 10
Min Wickets (TS AVE) 15
Min Balls (TS ECO) 250

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS W Hasaranga SL 53 89 200.00
1 W Hasaranga SL 53 89 200.00
2 IS Sodhi NZ 61 75 168.54
3 T Shamsi SA 53 69 155.06
4 Shadab Khan PAK 57 66 148.31
5 AU Rashid ENG 58 65 146.07
5 A Zampa AUS 58 65 146.07
7 MJ Santner NZ 53 60 134.83
8 AC Agar AUS 34 38 85.39
9 Nasum Ahmed BAN 27 32 71.91
10 Kuldeep Yadav IND 12 20 44.94

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 Kuldeep Yadav 12 300 20 15.00 14.77 150.00
1 Kuldeep Yadav 12 300 20 15.00 14.77 150.00
2 W Hasaranga 53 1345 89 15.11 15.79 140.33
3 T Shamsi 53 1369 69 19.84 17.91 123.70
4 Nasum Ahmed 27 641 32 20.03 21.08 105.11
5 AC Agar 34 773 38 20.34 21.46 103.26
6 MJ Santner 53 1333 60 22.22 21.70 102.13
7 Shadab Khan 57 1529 66 23.17 22.12 100.19
8 IS Sodhi 61 1771 75 23.61 22.50 98.46
9 AU Rashid 58 1571 65 24.17 22.74 97.43
10 A Zampa 58 1522 65 23.42 23.81 93.07

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Kuldeep Yadav 12 300 20 15.00 14.77 150.00
1 Kuldeep Yadav 12 300 20 15.00 14.77 150.00
2 W Hasaranga 41 1087 68 15.99 16.70 132.67
3 Nasum Ahmed 20 420 26 16.15 17.00 130.34
4 T Shamsi 45 1139 53 21.49 19.40 114.21
5 AC Agar 28 651 35 18.60 19.62 112.93
6 MJ Santner 42 1051 51 20.61 20.12 110.10
7 AU Rashid 55 1480 65 22.77 21.42 103.43
8 IS Sodhi 46 1353 50 27.06 25.79 85.92
9 Shadab Khan 43 1191 43 27.70 26.44 83.80
10 A Zampa 50 1340 51 26.27 26.71 82.94

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 AC Agar 34 760 773 6.10 6.22 150.00
1 AC Agar 34 760 773 6.10 6.22 150.00
2 Kuldeep Yadav 12 276 300 6.52 6.46 144.46
3 T Shamsi 53 1168 1369 7.03 6.69 139.42
4 MJ Santner 53 1125 1333 7.11 6.86 136.10
5 W Hasaranga 53 1186 1345 6.80 6.88 135.63
6 Shadab Khan 57 1281 1529 7.16 6.97 133.93
7 AU Rashid 58 1292 1571 7.30 7.04 132.51
8 A Zampa 58 1283 1522 7.12 7.12 131.02
9 Nasum Ahmed 27 543 641 7.08 7.54 123.77
10 IS Sodhi 61 1281 1771 8.30 8.02 116.40

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS Mujeeb Zadran 12 276 274 5.96 6.24 150.00
1 AC Agar 28 622 651 6.28 6.40 146.19
2 Kuldeep Yadav 12 276 300 6.52 6.46 144.88
3 T Shamsi 45 976 1139 7.00 6.66 140.43
4 Nasum Ahmed 20 395 420 6.38 6.79 137.80
5 MJ Santner 42 885 1051 7.13 6.87 136.18
6 AU Rashid 55 1220 1480 7.28 7.03 133.21
7 W Hasaranga 41 916 1087 7.12 7.20 129.99
8 Shadab Khan 43 959 1191 7.45 7.25 129.09
9 A Zampa 50 1091 1340 7.37 7.37 126.91
10 IS Sodhi 46 963 1353 8.43 8.15 114.87

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 AC Agar 6/30 5/24 3/16 2/11 2/23 3.60 100.00
1 T Shamsi 5/24 4/25 3/17 3/19 3/20 3.60 100.00
1 AC Agar 6/30 5/24 3/16 2/11 2/23 3.60 100.00
3 W Hasaranga 4/9 4/33 3/12 3/17 3/20 3.40 94.44
4 IS Sodhi 4/28 3/24 3/26 3/30 3/32 3.20 88.89
4 MJ Santner 4/31 3/12 3/15 3/19 3/23 3.20 88.89
4 Shadab Khan 4/26 3/17 3/19 3/30 3/34 3.20 88.89
4 AU Rashid 4/2 4/35 3/11 3/21 2/12 3.20 88.89
8 Nasum Ahmed 4/10 4/19 2/5 2/8 2/29 2.80 77.78
9 A Zampa 3/14 3/16 3/18 2/9 2/10 2.60 72.22
10 Kuldeep Yadav 3/12 3/13 2/24 2/26 2/30 2.40 66.67

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 W Hasaranga 4.0/9 4.0/12 4.0/12 4.0/13 3.0/12 3.09 100.00
1 W Hasaranga 4.0/9 4.0/12 4.0/12 4.0/13 3.0/12 3.09 100.00
2 AU Rashid 2.2/2 4.0/11 4.0/15 3.0/12 4.0/16 3.12 98.98
3 T Shamsi 4.0/11 4.0/13 4.0/13 4.0/16 4.0/16 3.28 94.01
4 AC Agar 4.0/11 4.0/13 4.0/14 4.0/14 4.0/16 3.47 89.06
5 Nasum Ahmed 2.0/5 4.0/10 4.0/14 2.0/8 4.0/17 3.59 85.92
6 A Zampa 4.0/12 3.0/10 4.0/14 2.3/9 4.0/18 3.60 85.69
7 MJ Santner 4.0/12 4.0/15 4.0/15 4.0/16 4.0/18 3.67 84.22
8 Kuldeep Yadav 4.0/12 4.0/13 4.0/19 4.0/22 4.0/23 4.41 70.03
9 Shadab Khan 3.5/16 4.0/17 4.0/19 4.0/19 4.0/20 4.46 69.15
10 IS Sodhi 4.0/17 4.0/23 4.0/23 4.0/23 2.0/12 5.26 58.66

CURRENT RATING

The CURRENT (CUR) 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 CUR RAT
1 W Hasaranga 200.00 273.00 265.61 94.44 100.00 933.06
2 T Shamsi 155.06 237.91 279.85 100.00 94.01 866.82
3 AU Rashid 146.07 200.86 265.72 88.89 98.98 800.52
4 MJ Santner 134.83 212.23 272.28 88.89 84.22 792.45
5 AC Agar 85.39 216.18 296.19 100.00 89.06 786.82
6 Kuldeep Yadav 44.94 300.00 289.34 66.67 70.03 770.98
7 Shadab Khan 148.31 183.99 263.03 88.89 69.15 753.37
8 A Zampa 146.07 176.01 257.93 72.22 85.69 737.92
9 Nasum Ahmed 71.91 235.44 261.57 77.78 85.92 732.62
10 IS Sodhi 168.54 184.38 231.26 88.89 58.66 731.73

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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