Who has highest T20I wickets?

Pakistan’s t20 team captain Shahid Afridi, playing in his 86th t20 international match, became the highest wicket-taker in the format after capturing the wicket of England’s batsman James Vince in the 2nd t20 match between England and Pakistan at Dubai, thereby overtaking his team-mate Saeed Ajmal, who has taken 85 wickets for Pakistan in 64 t20 international matches.

Shahid Afridi has played 9 t20 matches this year and taken only 5 wickets. In this current series, he has taken 3 wickets in two matches, and with one match remaining in the series, he can set an example for his players by giving a match winning performance.

He has taken 86 wickets in 86 t20 international matches so far and so here is a table which shows his year wise performances as a bowler in t20 internationals.

Year	Matches	Wickets
2015	9	5
2014	7	8
2013	12	10
2012	13	9
2011	3	1
2010	16	16
2009	11	18
2008	5	5
2007	9	14
2006	1	0

Here is a table that includes all other nine bowlers barring Afridi who have taken the most wickets in t20 internationals.

Player name	Country	Matches	Wickets
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	86	86
Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	64	85
Umar Gul	Pakistan	58	83
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	61	74
Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	39	66
Stuart Broad	England	56	65
Dale Steyn	South Africa	38	55
Nathan McCullum	New Zealand	61	55
Graeme Swann	England	39	51
Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka	43	46

Here is a table that shows top 5 wicket takers of Pakistan in t20 internationals.

Player name	Matches	Wickets
Shahid Afridi	86	86
Saeed Ajmal	64	85
Umar Gul	58	83
M Hafeez	67	46
Sohail Tanvir	49	45

Here is a table that shows how Afridi has taken wickets of batsmen so for in his t20 career of ten years.

Mode of dismissal	Wickets
Bowled	35
Caught	30
Caught behind	3
LBW	14
Stumped	4
Hit wicket	0

Here is an another table which shows how many times Afridi has taken wickets of top order batsmen, middle order batsmen and tailenders.

Type of batsmen	Wickets
Top order (1-3)	32
Middle order (4-7)	45
Tail (8-11)	9