The T20 game is a cruel game for the bowlers but sometimes they do have a field day in this format. A bowler picking four wickets in a T20 innings signals that his/her team more often than not is in a dominant position over their opponents. These wickets not only reduce the opposition but seldom give them a chance to get back into the contest.
Some bowlers have an attacking instinct and always think about wickets even in this format. Such bowlers are the ones who top the wicket-taking charts for their team on most occasions. We will see such bowlers who have picked heaps of wickets in this list of Most 4-wicket hauls in T20I cricket.
Most 4-Wicket Hauls in T20Is
| Player | Team | Innings | 4+ Wickets | Total Wickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 96 | 10 | 161 |
| Henry Ssenyondo | Uganda | 86 | 8 | 118 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 126 | 8 | 149 |
| Dhruvkumar Maisuria | Botswana | 35 | 6 | 71 |
| Nalin Nipiko | Vanuatu | 39 | 6 | 49 |
| Umar Gul | Pakistan | 60 | 6 | 85 |
| Kaleem Sana | Canada | 35 | 5 | 53 |
| Rizwan Butt | Bahrain | 60 | 5 | 93 |
| Ehsan Khan | Hong Kong | 85 | 5 | 124 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | 86 | 5 | 90 |
Key Stats
560: The number of bowlers who have taken at least a single 4-wicket haul in T20Is. Out of that, 188 bowlers have scalped 4 wickets in an innings more than once, and 88 have done it at least thrice.
Rashid Khan has taken four wickets or more in an innings a whopping 10 times and has converted two of them into 5-wicket hauls. Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh and Uganda’s Henry Ssenyondo have picked 4-wicket hauls in innings 8 times each.
10 bowlers have picked 4-wicket T20I hauls five or more times. While the other 9 have picked a fifer at least once, Ehsan Khan of Hong Kong never finished with a five-wicket haul in T20Is.
5.28 is the economy rate of Ssenyondo and this is the lowest for bowlers on this list followed by Dhruvkumar Maisuria who has an ER of 5.33 in T20Is.
