5 most successful T20 cricketers ever

Despite playing in several T20 tournaments, Chris Gayle does not have enough trophies in his cabinet

It has been over a decade since T20 cricket, the newest and most exciting format of the sport, came into existence. During this period, there has hardly been a cricket-playing nation which has not had a tete-a-tete with this modified version of limited-overs cricket.

The journey that began back in 2003 with England’s Twenty20 Cup and South Africa’s Standard Bank Pro 20 has reached a stage where even Bangladesh have their own T20 tournament involving top-drawer foreign players. These days there are specialists for T20 cricket, too, and they travel the world throughout the year to play in different competitions which are played in this format.

Among the several cricketers who have played the 20-over game in the past 13 years or so, some have enjoyed more success than others in terms of the number of trophies that they have won. Here are the 5 most successful T20 cricketers ever in this regard:


#5 Aiden Blizzard – 8 trophies

Aiden Blizzard won the latest edition of the BBL with Sydney Thunder

Perhaps the most surprising name on this list of the most successful T20 players is that of Australia’s Aiden Blizzard. Although he may not always have had a huge role to play in his team’s success, Blizzard has certainly managed to be part of quite a few tournament-winning squads.

It all began for the left-handed batsman in the KFC Big Bash, a predecessor of the Big Bash League, as he featured in Victoria’s successive title victories in the 2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons. He won another title with the same team in the 2009/10 season followed by one more with South Australia in the following edition.

Aiden Blizzard was also part of the Mumbai Indians squad during both their IPL triumphs and also won the Champions League T20 tournament with them back in 2011. Most recently, he was a member of the Sydney Thunder team which picked up the 2015/16 BBL crown.

#4 Andre Russell – 8 trophies

Andre Russell plays his CPL cricket for current champions Jamaican Tallawahs

Andre Russell is undoubtedly one of the most exciting T20 cricketers in the world at present. Apart from his proven ability to smash the ball out of the park with his power-packed strokeplay, Russell also has the knack of picking up wickets whenever the team needs them.

The formidable West Indian all-rounder has quite deservedly won a number of different T20 tournaments, 8 to be precise. Russell got his first taste of success in the format when his country won their first World T20 title back in the year 2012.

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Since then, Andre Russell has won the 2014 IPL with Kolkata Knight Riders, the 2013 and 2016 editions of the CPL with Jamaican Tallawahs, the 2015/16 BBL with Sydney Thunder and the inaugural editions of the BPL and the PSL with Comilla Victorians and Islamabad United respectively.

The icing on the cake came about for Russell when the West Indies won their second World T20 title earlier this year.

#3 Samuel Badree – 9 trophies

Badree has featured in both World T20-winning squads for the West Indies

West Indian leg-spinner Samuel Badree manages to pip numerous popular T20 stars from his own country and the rest of the cricketing world to occupy the 3rd position on this list. Having established himself as a T20 specialist over the past few years, Badree has been part of some successful teams in the format.

Most of the title triumphs in which the leggie has featured have come in domestic T20 tournaments played in the West Indies. This includes winning the 2008 Stanford 20/20, the 2011, 2012 and 2013 editions of the Caribbean T20 and the 2015 CPL, all of them with the Trinidad and Tobago team.

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Apart from that, Samuel Badree was also part of the Islamabad United side which won the 2016 Pakistan Super League and the 2014 Champions League T20 winners, Chennai Super Kings. To top it all, the Trinidadian cricketer represented the West Indies team during both their World T20 victories.

#2 Dwayne Bravo – 9 trophies

Dwayne Bravo enjoyed a lot of success with his former IPL franchise, Chennai Super Kings

It would not be wrong to say that Dwayne Bravo has already established himself as an icon of T20 cricket with his exploits over the years. Having played more than 300 matches in the format, it hardly comes as a surprise that the star cricketer has won a whopping 9 trophies thus far.

A victory as part of the Trinidad & Tobago team in the only edition of the Stanford 20/20 tournament back in 2008 was where things started off for Bravo. This was followed by an IPL triumph with Chennai Super Kings in 2011 and the Caribbean T20 and World T20 wins in the year 2012.

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The all-rounder won another Caribbean T20 title in 2013 and also clinched the CPL crown in 2015, both while representing the T&T side. In 2014, Dwayne Bravo was a Champions League T20 winner with CSK whereas he also has a Big Bash League title to his name as part of the Sydney Sixers in the 2011/12 season.

Bravo’s most recent T20 success came about when West Indies emerged the World T20 champion for a record 2nd time earlier this year.

#1 Kieron Pollard – 10 trophies

Kieron Pollard has won 2 IPL titles with the Mumbai Indians so far (Image Credit: ESPNCricinfo)

Apart from being among the most dangerous batsmen in T20 cricket at present, Kieron Pollard is also the most successful cricketer in the format in terms of the number of trophies he has collected in his career – 10 in all. With the Trinidadian being only 29 years old currently, this figure is only likely to swell in the years to come.

Like most of his fellow West Indian cricketers on this list, Pollard’s first trophy success was also the Stanford 20/20 tournament played in 2008 where he represented Trinidad & Tobago. His two other triumphs with the same team were in the 2012 and 2013 editions of the Caribbean T20 whereas he conquered the 2014 CPL crown with Barbados Tridents.

Kieron Pollard is also a two-time Indian Premier League champion which he won as part of the Mumbai Indians squad in 2013 and 2015. Additionally, he won the Champions League T20 tournament twice with his IPL franchise in the years 2011 and 2013.

Pollard has tasted T20 success in South Africa, too, as he won the Ram Slam T20 Challenge title while playing for Cape Cobras in the 2014/15 season. The most coveted trophy in the big man’s closet, though, is the World T20 that his country won in the year 2012.

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