It is correctly said that the Batters win you Matches but it is the bowlers that win you championships. And the quality of bowlers that will be on display at the T20I World Cup will be amazing. There are at least 10 teams with World class bowlers. Some teams have the luxury of having 2-3 World class bowlers. This T20I World Cup will be a batting feast but some bowlers will stand out from 7th February 2026.
Let’s look at the 5 Bowlers who could be the Highest Wicket Takers in T20I World Cup 2026
Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah has to be at the top of the list. He is the best bowler in the last 10 years. He still has the knack of taking wickets at all times during the 20 overs. He is a bowler that the other teams will look to play out at 7 runs per over. He will take more than 15 wickets in this tournament. India has the luxury of having the best fast bowler in the world. He will have Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya as the fast bowling options for India.
Varun Chakravarthy
Along with having the best fast bowler in the world, India also have the best spinner in the world. Varun Chakravarthy is the number 1 bowler in the world for a reason. Varun Chakravarthy is a leg spinner that bowls from high and he gets bounce and he bowls wicket to wicket 90% of the time. He gets most of his Wickets by Bowled or LBW. He also took more than 15 wickets in the World Cup. The partnership of him, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh is a potent trio for India.
Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan is arguably the best T20I bowler of all time. He is the leading Wicket Taker in this format with 187 Wickets. Rashid Khan is just 13 wickets from being the first ever bowler to take 200 wickets in T20 Internationals and more than 650 wickets in T20s. The pitches in India and Sri Lanka will help him take 15 Wickets. He is the leader of the Afghanistan bowling attack. Afghanistan were in the semi final of the 2024 T20I World Cup.
Wanindu Hasaranga
The Sri Lankan spinner is one of the best in the world. The fact that he will play his Matches in Sri Lanka is all the more reason to put him in this list. He will take wickets in every match that Sri Lanka will play throughout the tournament. The fact that there are 3 leg spinners in this list and all are very different from each other shows the importance of having a leg spinner in the team. He can take more than 15 Wickets if Sri Lanka get out of the group stages.
Jacob Duffy
The New Zealand fast bowler has been the best fast bowler in the last 12 months. He has risen to the top of the fast bowling rankings. He took 53 Wickets in 2025 which is an all time record. Jacob Duffy will take wickets with the new ball for New Zealand in this tournament. He is the second fast bowler after Jasprit Bumrah in this list and that should be enough to show the quality of the man. The bouncy Indian pitches will suit him as he is tall and will get bounce.
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