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ICC T20 World CUP 2021: All you want to know about Top 10 Highest scorers, Highest wicket takers, most sixes hitter & fastest ball in T20 World Cup

ICC T20 World CUP 2021: All you want to know about Top 10 Highest scorers, Highest wicket takers, most sixes hitter & fastest ball in T20 World Cup

ICC T20 World CUP 2021: As the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 has come to an end, here at InsideSport we have compiled a list of all the individual performances that lit up the showpiece event. While Babar Azam and Jos Buttler shone with the bat, the likes of Wanindu Hasaranga and Adam Zampa were […]

ICC T20 World CUP 2021: As the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 has come to an end, here at InsideSport we have compiled a list of all the individual performances that lit up the showpiece event. While Babar Azam and Jos Buttler shone with the bat, the likes of Wanindu Hasaranga and Adam Zampa were outstanding with the ball. Below are the top 10 leading run-scorers, highest scorers, wicket-takers, and most sixes hitters in the T20 World Cup. Follow InsideSport.in for more sports news and latest updates.  

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ICC T20 World CUP 2021: All you want to know about Top 10 Highest scorers, Highest wicket-takers, most sixes hitter & fastest ball in T20 World Cup

Top 10 leading run-scorers:

Babar Azam & David Warner finished as the leading run-scorers in the showpiece event with 303 and 289 runs respectively, followed by Mohammad Rizwan at number 03 with 281 runs in six innings.

Most runs
Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Babar Azam (PAK) 6 6 1 303 70 60.60 240 126.25 0 4 0 28 5
DA Warner (AUS) 7* 7 1 289 89* 48.16 197 146.70 0 3 0 32 10
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) 6 6 2 281 79* 70.25 220 127.72 0 3 0 23 12
JC Buttler (ENG) 6 6 3 269 101* 89.66 178 151.12 1 1 0 22 13
KIC Asalanka (SL) 6 6 1 231 80* 46.20 157 147.13 0 2 0 23 9
D Wiese (NAM) 8 8 3 227 66* 45.40 178 127.52 0 1 0 13 11
P Nissanka (SL) 8 8 0 221 72 27.62 188 117.55 0 3 1 19 5
KS Williamson (NZ) 7* 7 2 216 85 43.20 187 115.50 0 1 1 20 5
MJ Guptill (NZ) 7* 7 0 208 93 29.71 172 120.93 0 1 0 21 8

 

Top 10 leading wicket-takers in the tournament:

There was no match for Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga in the showpiece event as the leg-spinner finished atop the list of most wickets in the T20 World Cup. Hasaranga picked up 16 wickets in 8 innings, including a hat-trick against South Africa in the Super 12 round.

Player Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 4 5
PWH de Silva (SL) 8 8 30.0 0 156 16 3/9 9.75 5.20 11.2 0 0
A Zampa (AUS) 7 7 27.0 0 157 13 5/19 12.07 5.81 12.4 0 1
TA Boult (NZ) 7 7 27.4 0 173 13 3/17 13.30 6.25 12.7 0 0
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) 6 6 22.0 0 123 11 4/9 11.18 5.59 12.0 1 0
JR Hazlewood (AUS) 7 7 24.0 1 175 11 4/39 15.90 7.29 13.0 1 0
D Pretorius (SA) 5 5 14.4 0 101 9 3/17 11.22 6.88 9.7 0 0
A Nortje (SA) 5 5 19.2 0 104 9 3/8 11.55 5.37 12.8 0 0
JH Davey (SCOT) 5 5 17.3 0 123 9 4/18 13.66 7.02 11.6 1 0
Shadab Khan (PAK) 6 6 23.0 0 138 9 4/26 15.33 6.00 15.3 1 0
AU Rashid (ENG) 6 6 22.2 0 146 9 4/2 16.22 6.53 14.8 1 0

 

Top 10 highest run-scorers:

Jos Buttler slammed his maiden in T20I and finished as the highest run-scorer in the showpiece event. He slammed an unbeaten 101 off just 67 deliveries against Sri Lanka and also became the first English cricket to hit a ton in all three formats of the game.

Player Runs Balls 4s 6s SR   Team Opposition Ground
JC Buttler 101* 67 6 6 150.74 England v Sri Lanka Sharjah
HE van der Dussen 94* 60 5 6 156.66 South Africa v England Sharjah
MJ Guptill 93 56 6 7 166.07 New Zealand v Scotland Dubai (DSC)
DA Warner 89* 56 9 4 158.92 Australia v West Indies Abu Dhabi
KS Williamson 85 48 10 3 177.08 New Zealand v Australia Dubai (DSC)
SO Hetmyer 81* 54 8 4 150.00 West Indies v Sri Lanka Abu Dhabi
KIC Asalanka 80* 49 5 5 163.26 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Sharjah
Mohammad Rizwan 79* 55 6 3 143.63 Pakistan v India Dubai (DSC)
Mohammad Rizwan 79* 50 8 4 158.00 Pakistan v Namibia Abu Dhabi

 

Most sixes hitters in the T20 World Cup

England’s Jos Buttler also finished atop in the list of most sixes in the T20 World Cup 2021. In six innings, Buttler hit 13 maximums, one more than Pakistan’s opening wicketkeeper-batsman Mohd Rizwan.

Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
JC Buttler (ENG) 6 6 3 269 101* 89.66 178 151.12 1 1 0 22 13
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) 6 6 2 281 79* 70.25 220 127.72 0 3 0 23 12
D Wiese (NAM) 8 8 3 227 66* 45.40 178 127.52 0 1 0 13 11
DJ Mitchell (NZ) 7 7 1 208 72* 34.66 148 140.54 0 1 0 15 10
DA Warner (AUS) 7 7 1 289 89* 48.16 197 146.70 0 3 0 32 10
AK Markram (SA) 5 5 2 162 52* 54.00 111 145.94 0 2 1 9 9
KIC Asalanka (SL) 6 6 1 231 80* 46.20 157 147.13 0 2 0 23 9
Shoaib Malik (PAK) 6 4 2 100 54* 50.00 55 181.81 0 1 0 4 8
MR Marsh (AUS) 6 5 2 185 77* 61.66 126 146.82 0 2 0 17 8
Najibullah Zadran (AFG) 5 5 0 172 73 34.40 127 135.43 0 2 0 15 8

 

Fastest balls in the T20 World Cup 2021

Pakistan’s Haris Rauf jointly holds the record for bowling the fastest ball of the T20 World Cup-2021. Rauf & South Africa’s Anrich Nortje clocked 153 kmph in the showpiece event as the record for the fastest ball.

  • Haris Rauf (Pakistan) and Enrich Nortje (South Africa): 153 kmph
  • Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan): 151 kmph
  • Dushmantha Chamira (Sri Lanka): 150 kmph

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