Sri Lanka leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga entered an elite list in T20 when he reached 300 wickets in the format with his 3-10 in the ILT20 match between Desert Vipers and Sharjah Warriorz.
The former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) spinner is now the second Sri Lankan bowler to reach the milestone after T20 legend Lasith Malinga, who has 390 wickets in 289 innings. He is also 33rd overall to reach 300 wickets in T20.
Hasaranga and Mohammed Amir shine for the Vipers
Hasaranga was the Vipers’ wrecker-in-chief on Wednesday as he took advantage of Mohammed Amir’s spell of 4-24 and removed Tim Siefert, Luke Wells and Ashton Agar in his four overs. As a result, Warriorz were bowled out for 91 in 19.4 overs.
Vipers openers Fakhar Zaman and Alex Hales knocked down the small target in 10 overs as they claimed a 10-wicket win to stay on top of the six-team league table.
With his latest performance, Hasaranga is now behind the Indian duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (both on 310 T20 wickets) and New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi (303). In the ILT20 2025, the 27-year-old claimed 7 wickets in 5 matches with an economy of 5.31. Amir, meanwhile, reached nine wickets for the season with his match-winning performance.
Hasaranga has played three IPL seasons for RCB and claimed 35 wickets in 26 matches with an economy of 8.13.
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Jasprit Bumrah is 5 wickets away from the milestone
Closely following Hasaranga is India pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who has 295 T20 wickets in 232 innings for India, Gujarat and Mumbai Indians combined.
Bumrah, who won the 2024 T20 World Cup in the West Indies, is not part of India’s ongoing five-match T20I series against England due to a back injury. He has been included in the 2025 Champions Trophy squad but will be subject to a fitness test ahead of the tournament. Pacer Harshit Rana has been named as Bumrah’s replacement.
In T20s, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is the highest wicket-taker among Indians with 364 scalps in 309 innings at an economy of 7.6. Former KKR and Mumbai Indians player Piyush Chawla is behind him with 319 wickets in 296 T20 innings.
Chennai Super Kings and West Indies legend Dwayne Bravo remains on top with 631 wickets in 546 T20 innings. Rashid Khan, the Afghanistan and Gujarat Titans player, is chasing that record with 626 wickets.
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