Shabnim Ismail
Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 final match is going on between South Africa and Australia. In this match, African bowler Shabnim Ismail took two wickets for 26 runs with 1 maiden in 4 overs. With this, she created history in the Women’s World Cup. She has now become the highest wicket-taker in the history of this tournament. His name has now registered 43 wickets in 32 innings. She took two wickets in the final match to overtake Anya Shrubsole and become the number one bowler.
If we talk about bowlers taking the most wickets in the history of Women’s T20 World Cup, then there are no Indian bowlers in the top 5. Poonam Yadav is the only Indian in the top 10 with 28 wickets in 18 matches. Apart from Ismail, Marijan Kapp is the only South African player in this list who is at number 10 and has 26 wickets in 26 matches. If we talk about the final match, then good bowling was seen from South Africa. Cap and Ismail took 2-2 wickets to restrict Australia to a score of 156.
Leading wicket taker in Women’s T20 World Cup history
- Shabnim Ismail (South Africa) – 43 wickets (32 matches)
- Anya Shrubsole (England) – 41 wickets (27 matches)
- Ellyse Perry (Aus) – 40 wickets (42 matches)
- Megan Schutt (Aus) – 39 wickets (24 matches)
- Stafanie Taylor (West Indies) – 33 wickets (31 matches)
Shabnim Ismail has taken this lead but her record is under threat from Ellyse Perry and Megan Schutt in the final match itself. If Perry takes 4 wickets and Schutt takes 5 wickets, then she can occupy number 1. Talking about the current tournament, Shabnim Ismail has taken 8 wickets and is in third place. Marijan Kapp, Megan Shoten and Ashleigh Gardner jointly took 9-9 wickets in second place. At the top is Sophie Ecclestone of England who took 11 wickets in this tournament.