Today we bring you the cricketers who picked the most wickets at T20 World Cup 2010. The great cricket analyst and historian Neville Cardus once said that Cricket is a game of uncertainties. It’s been almost a century since the quote was made. And yet it rings true to every word that had been said. Cricket in all its beauty and magnificence is perhaps the most volatile of all the games that are played.
Yes, Football is exciting with 90 minutes of exhilarating action, Golf is all about the tactical approach and thinking ability along with power and finesse, Badminton and Tennis is all about athletic ability and agility. But if you combine the most potent traits and characteristics of all the above-mentioned sports and integrate them into a single sport, the game which you get is Cricket.
The brainchild of the biggest corporate thinkers in the world of cricket was T20 format. It came at a crucial juncture in the world of cricket. It was a tumultuous period, when test cricket was losing its charm with doctored pitches, scarce crowd strength and increasingly one-sided test series.
On top of that ODI cricket too was losing its relevance and it was becoming all about the final few overs where the batsman had to slog the ball into the crowd as much as possible. It was during this time that T20 cricket rose as the harbinger of the sport. With the inaugural 2007 T20 World Cup in South Africa being won by India, the next one in 2010 was held in the Caribbean Islands.
With the fast-paced wickets of Jamaica and Barbados, the world cup was an absolute treat to watch with quality batting and bowling performances and individual moments of brilliance. Here are the top 5 on the most wickets at T20 World Cup 2010-
5. Graeme Swann (England)
Inarguably one of the finest spin bowlers produced by England, Swann was a wily customer with his on-field personality and banter part of the legendary English folklore of cricket. Swann was an explosive right-arm off-spinner who did not turn the ball as much as someone like Shane Warne but was incredibly effective with his economy rate and zip that he received off the pitch.
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A cerebral bowler to the core, the majority of Swann’s wickets came through a psychological loop created by him through his nagging line and length, which in turn compelled the batsman to make a mistake. Swann took 10 wickets in 7 matches during that world cup for England, at an incredible economy rate of 6.54, a rarity in the clank bang style of T20 cricket. He was an extremely vital cog in the wheel of the England time that won the world cup that year. Among the bowlers with the most wickets at T20 World Cup 2010.
4. Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan)
Saeed Ajmal’s on and off-field antics aside, Saeed Ajmal was an unstoppable force during his peak. His ability to deceive the batsman with guile, a tendency to bowl a googly with relative ease, and a knack of picking up wickets at every juncture in the match made him an extremely potent weapon for Pakistan.
With an uncanny talent of keeping the run rate in check, Ajmal was simultaneously ranked as one of the finest spin bowlers of his generation along with Graeme Swann, Nathan Lyon, and Ravichandran Ashwin. He picked up 11 wickets in 6 matches. Among the bowlers with the most wickets at T20 World Cup 2010.
3. SPD Smith (Australia)
Who can ever imagine a decade later that Steve Smith featured in a list of highest wicket-takers in a World Cup? The greatest test batsman of the modern era, the run machine in Test Cricket started his career as a leg spinner with an uncanny ability to turn the ball and an unusual resemblance of bowling action with Shane Warne (that was until Adam Zampa burst into the scene). Smith took 11 wickets in 7 matches. Among the bowlers with the most wickets at T20 World Cup 2010.
2. C.K. Langeveldt (South Africa)
We remember Charl Langeveldt as the bowler who was plummeted by Sachin Tendulkar on a night in Gwalior in 2010 when he became the first man to score a double hundred in ODI Cricket. However, what we don’t realize is that this wily old right-arm medium-fast bowler had a knack of picking up wickets with his probing length and frequent cutters. His record of picking up 11 wickets in 4 matches during the World Cup is a testament to that fact. Among the bowlers with the most wickets at T20 World Cup 2010.
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1. Dirk Nannes (Australia)
This Netherlands born left armer was a genuine fast bowler capable of generating extreme pace with tor crushing Yorkers. However as is the case with any young fast bowler, injuries are an absolute doomsday. With unlimited potential and talent to shine, Nannes just faded away gradually in the years to come with inconsistent showing. However, his memorable performance of picking up 14 wickets in 7 matches propelled Australia to the final. Led the bowlers with the most wickets at T20 World Cup 2010.
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