T20Is - Best Spin Bowlers Wickets Per Inning

Top 10 T20I Spin Bowlers With Most Wkts Per Inn

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Our Twenty Twenty International (T20I) ratings take into account all matches from the first T20I match on February 17, 2005. They are updated till 2026-03-08. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 Spin bowlers in WPI Rating in T20Is.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. CONSISTENT
3.1. Against All Teams
3.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. Bowled Victims
3.4. Top 7 Victims
4. WICKETS PER INNING RATING
5. BRIEF EXPLANATION
5.1. Dynamic Nature
5.2. Trend Setter (TS)
5.3. Top Teams (TT)
5.4. Top Inns by ER (BBE) Qualification
5.5. Abbreviations
WPI RATING

Points to note about WICKETS PER INNING Rating:-

  • It gives points for three criteria.
  • The number of wkts per inn overall and against Top Teams..
  • The number of bowled victims per inn.
  • The number of top 7 batsmen dismissed per inn.

THE CRITERIA

The WPI Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Consistent Wkts/Inn 160.00
Cons TT Wkts/Inn Vs TT 240.00
Cons BLD Bowled/Inn 300.00
Cons T Top 7 Victims/Inn 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 25
Min Career Wkts 25

CONSISTENT

Criteria: Points For Wickets Per Inns

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 50
Min Wkts (TT) 30
Min Wkts (BLD) 20
Min Wkts (T7) 25

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS Kuldeep Yadav 52 95 1.83 160.00
1 Kuldeep Yadav 52 95 1.83 160.00
2 VV Chakravarthy 43 73 1.70 148.68
3 BAW Mendis 39 66 1.69 148.21
4 Rashid Khan 115 193 1.68 146.98
5 Imran Tahir 38 63 1.66 145.20
6 W Hasaranga 93 154 1.66 145.02
7 Saeed Ajmal 63 85 1.35 118.16
8 GP Swann 38 51 1.34 117.54
9 A Zampa 112 147 1.31 114.95
10 YS Chahal 79 96 1.22 106.43

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS VV Chakravarthy 28 53 1.89 240.00
1 VV Chakravarthy 28 53 1.89 240.00
2 Kuldeep Yadav 38 66 1.74 220.22
3 W Hasaranga 64 102 1.59 202.08
4 Imran Tahir 34 51 1.50 190.19
5 BAW Mendis 31 45 1.45 184.05
6 Saeed Ajmal 54 73 1.35 171.40
7 GP Swann 37 49 1.32 167.91
8 Rashid Khan 35 42 1.20 152.15
9 YS Chahal 59 69 1.17 148.28
10 A Zampa 84 98 1.17 147.92

Bowled Victims

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS VV Chakravarthy 43 33 0.77 300.00
1 VV Chakravarthy 43 33 0.77 300.00
2 Imran Tahir 38 24 0.63 246.89
3 Rashid Khan 115 69 0.60 234.55
4 BAW Mendis 39 23 0.59 230.54
5 W Hasaranga 93 53 0.57 222.78
6 Saeed Ajmal 63 35 0.56 217.17
7 Kuldeep Yadav 52 26 0.50 195.45
8 A Zampa 112 52 0.46 181.49
9 YS Chahal 79 30 0.38 148.45
10 GP Swann 38 11 0.29 113.16

Top 7 Victims

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS Imran Tahir 38 57 1.50 300.00
1 Imran Tahir 38 57 1.50 300.00
2 VV Chakravarthy 43 64 1.49 297.67
3 Kuldeep Yadav 52 77 1.48 296.15
4 W Hasaranga 93 131 1.41 281.72
5 Rashid Khan 115 159 1.38 276.52
6 BAW Mendis 39 53 1.36 271.79
7 GP Swann 38 48 1.26 252.63
8 YS Chahal 79 91 1.15 230.38
9 A Zampa 112 123 1.10 219.64
10 Saeed Ajmal 63 69 1.10 219.05

WICKETS PER INNING RATING

The WICKETS PER INNING (WPI) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER CON C TT C BLD C TBN WPI RAT
1 VV Chakravarthy 148.68 240.00 300.00 297.67 986.35
2 Imran Tahir 145.20 190.19 246.89 300.00 882.28
3 Kuldeep Yadav 160.00 220.22 195.45 296.15 871.83
4 W Hasaranga 145.02 202.08 222.78 281.72 851.60
5 BAW Mendis 148.21 184.05 230.54 271.79 834.60
6 Rashid Khan 146.98 152.15 234.55 276.52 810.20
7 Saeed Ajmal 118.16 171.40 217.17 219.05 725.79
8 A Zampa 114.95 147.92 181.49 219.64 664.01
9 GP Swann 117.54 167.91 113.16 252.63 651.24
10 YS Chahal 106.43 148.28 148.45 230.38 633.53

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

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.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Bowling Ave: 25.00; Player X Ave: 30.00; Section Points: 300.00
  4. TS Points: 300.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: TS Ave/Ave X 300 = 25.00/30.00 X 300 = 250.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Ave being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
    8. .

Top Teams (TT)

  1. An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 5 years.
  2. Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
  3. The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific condition.

Top Inns by ER (BBE) Qualification

  1. Overs bowled in the innings must be more than 50% of the allotted overs for a bowler in the match.
  2. This is generally 12 balls for a 20 over match.
  3. However it may be less if the match is shortened for some reason.

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/Wkt
  2. BLS - Balls
  3. ER, ECO - Economy Rate or Runs/Over
  4. TF, 3WH - Three Fors or 3 Wkt Hauls
  5. FP - First Played by Year
  6. INF - Infinite
  7. INNS - Innings
  8. LP - Last Played by Year
  9. MDNS - Maidens
  10. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  11. NA - Not Applicable
  12. NI - Not In Top
  13. NK - Not Known
  14. NO, * - Not Out
  15. NQ - Not Qualified
  16. OPP - Opposition
  17. OVRS - Overs
  18. RAT - Rating
  19. SR - Strike Rate or Balls/Wkts
  20. TS - Trend Setter
  21. TT - Top Teams
  22. WKTS - Wickets Taken
  23. WTG - Weightage

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