5 bowlers to take 500-plus T20 wickets, Shakib Al Hasan becomes latest entrant

August 25, 2025

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1. Afghanistan's Rashid Khan has 660 wickets from 487 games at an average of 18.51, including four 5-wicket hauls.

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Rashid Khan

2. Former West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has 631 wickets from 582 games at an average of 24.40, including two fifers.

Dwayne Bravo

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3. Former West Indies spinner Sunil Narine has 590 wickets from 557 games at an average of 22.03, including one fifer.

Sunil Narine

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4. South Africa leg-spinner Imran Tahir has 554 wickets from 436 games at an average of 19.52, including five fifers.

Imran Tahir

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5. Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has 502 wickets from 457 games at an average of 21.43, including five fifers.

Shakib Al Hasan

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Another player inching closer to 500 T20 wickets is Andre Russell. He has 487 wickets from 564 games so far.

Andre Russell

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Shakib Al Hasan reached the milestone of 500 wickets with the catch of Mohammad Rizwan off his own bowling.

Shakib's 500th strike

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Shakib took 3 wickets for 11 runs in 2 overs for Antigua Barbuda Falcons against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in CPL 2025 clash.

Shakib's bowling figures

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In addition to three-fer, Shakib also contributed with 25 runs from 18 balls in run chase and was named 'Player of the match'.

Shakib's all-round show

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Shakib also became the first all-rounder in the history of T20 cricket to take 500 wickets and score 7,000-plus runs (7574).

1st in T20 history

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