T20Is - Best Spin Bowlers Wickets Per Inning

Top 10 T20I Spin Bowlers With Most Wkts Per Inn

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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. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 10 Spin bowlers with most Wickets Per Inning in T20Is.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2026-03-08

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. CONSISTENT
3.1. Against All Teams
3.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. Bowled Victims
3.4. LBW Victims
3.5. Caught Victims
4. WICKETS PER INNING RATING
5. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

The WICKETS PER INNING Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Consistent Wkts/Inn 200.00
Cons TT Wkts/Inn Vs TT 300.00
Cons BLD Bowled/Inn 250.00
Cons LBW LBW/Inn 150.00
Cons CGT Caught/Inn 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.
Top Teams

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams (TT). 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.
  • TT may be found in the last section.

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) 10
Min Wkts (LBW) 10
Min Wkts (CGT) 15

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS Kuldeep Yadav 52 94 1.81 200.00
1 Kuldeep Yadav 52 94 1.81 200.00
2 VV Chakravarthy 43 73 1.70 187.83
3 BAW Mendis 39 66 1.69 187.23
4 Rashid Khan 115 194 1.69 186.64
5 Imran Tahir 38 63 1.66 183.43
6 W Hasaranga 93 151 1.62 179.64
7 R Bishnoi 44 64 1.45 160.93
8 Saeed Ajmal 63 85 1.35 149.27
9 Mujeeb Zadran 65 87 1.34 148.09
10 A Zampa 112 147 1.31 145.21

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS VV Chakravarthy 33 61 1.85 300.00
1 VV Chakravarthy 33 61 1.85 300.00
2 Kuldeep Yadav 41 74 1.80 292.92
3 W Hasaranga 71 113 1.59 258.30
4 Imran Tahir 35 52 1.49 241.12
5 R Bishnoi 27 40 1.48 240.44
6 BAW Mendis 31 45 1.45 235.59
7 Rashid Khan 44 62 1.41 228.69
8 Saeed Ajmal 53 73 1.38 223.54
9 A Zampa 92 112 1.22 197.58
10 Mujeeb Zadran 26 30 1.15 187.26

Bowled Victims

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS VV Chakravarthy 43 33 0.77 250.00
1 VV Chakravarthy 43 33 0.77 250.00
2 Imran Tahir 38 24 0.63 205.74
3 Rashid Khan 115 69 0.60 195.45
4 BAW Mendis 39 23 0.59 192.11
5 W Hasaranga 93 53 0.57 185.65
6 Saeed Ajmal 63 35 0.56 180.98
7 Kuldeep Yadav 52 26 0.50 162.88
8 R Bishnoi 44 22 0.50 162.88
9 A Zampa 112 52 0.46 151.24
10 Mujeeb Zadran 65 24 0.37 120.28

LBW Victims

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS Rashid Khan 115 51 0.44 150.00
1 Rashid Khan 115 51 0.44 150.00
2 BAW Mendis 39 16 0.41 138.76
3 W Hasaranga 93 36 0.39 130.93
4 Kuldeep Yadav 52 14 0.27 91.06
5 R Bishnoi 44 11 0.25 84.56
6 Imran Tahir 38 8 0.21 71.21
7 A Zampa 112 21 0.19 63.42
8 Mujeeb Zadran 65 11 0.17 57.24
9 Saeed Ajmal 63 9 0.14 48.32
10 VV Chakravarthy 43 3 0.07 23.60

Caught Victims

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS Kuldeep Yadav 52 54 1.04 100.00
1 Kuldeep Yadav 52 54 1.04 100.00
2 VV Chakravarthy 43 37 0.86 82.86
3 Imran Tahir 38 31 0.82 78.56
4 Mujeeb Zadran 65 52 0.80 77.04
5 R Bishnoi 44 31 0.70 67.85
6 BAW Mendis 39 27 0.69 66.67
7 A Zampa 112 74 0.66 63.62
8 W Hasaranga 93 61 0.66 63.16
9 Saeed Ajmal 63 41 0.65 62.67
10 Rashid Khan 115 73 0.63 61.13

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 TT BLD LBW CGT WPI RAT
1 Kuldeep Yadav 200.00 292.92 162.88 91.06 100.00 846.86
2 VV Chakravarthy 187.83 300.00 250.00 23.60 82.86 844.29
3 Rashid Khan 186.64 228.69 195.45 150.00 61.13 821.91
4 BAW Mendis 187.23 235.59 192.11 138.76 66.67 820.37
5 W Hasaranga 179.64 258.30 185.65 130.93 63.16 817.68
6 Imran Tahir 183.43 241.12 205.74 71.21 78.56 780.06
7 R Bishnoi 160.93 240.44 162.88 84.56 67.85 716.65
8 Saeed Ajmal 149.27 223.54 180.98 48.32 62.67 664.78
9 A Zampa 145.21 197.58 151.24 63.42 63.62 621.08
10 Mujeeb Zadran 148.09 187.26 120.28 57.24 77.04 589.91

TOP TEAMS

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

*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.

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