Leading wicket-takers in ICC World T20 matches

Twenty20 is considered to ba a batsman's game with short boundaries and heavy bats, which makes it easy to clear the ropes. We have seen many occasions where even edges carry the ball over the fence. But here we present some specialist bowlers who have kept the batsmen silent. Lets have a look at the leading wicket-takers in the ICC World Twenty20:

#5 Umar Gul

Umar Gul has been the most successful Pakistan pace bowler in the ICC World Twenty20. Gul has bowled some reverse swinging yorkers in the death overs, having disturbed the timber of many batsmen.

Umar Gul has picked up 29 wickets from 20 matches for Pakistan at a strike-rate of 14.3.

#4 Shahid Afridi

Even though his batting hasn't been upto the mark, Shahid Afridi has had a great time with the ball in almost all seasons of the ICC World Twenty20. Afridi is always a key player for Pakistan with both bat and bowl.

Both Afridi and Ajantha Mendis have clinched 31 wickets,but Afridi took 31 wickets from 26 matches, which is 8 matches more than Ajantha Mendis.

#3 Ajantha Mendis

The mystery spinner of Sri Lanka, Ajantha Mendis has done some wonders in the ICC World Twenty20 too. He has picked up 31 wickets from 18 matches with the astonishing best bowling figures of 6 for 8.

#2 Saeed Ajmal

A modern-day offspinner, Saeed Ajmal is one of the tricky bowlers of this generation. Ajmal is very good with his variations of flight and speed. He is primarly known as the doosra bowler, since he relies a lot on the doosra delivery (the one which turns away from the right-handed batsman).

Saeed Ajmal has picked up 32 wickets from his 19 matches for Pakistan at a strike-rate of 13.9.

#1 Lasith Malinga

Lasith Malinga is one of the best death bowling bowlers, cricket has ever seen. Malinga's late swinging yorkers, unpickable slower deliveries which have trapped a lot of batsmen in front and his nasty bouncers are nightmares for most batsmen.

Lasith Malinga is the leading wicket-taker in ICC World Twenty20 history. Malinga has picked up 33 wickets from 25 matches for Sri Lanka at a strike-rate of 15.3.