Lahore Qalandars stars, Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf are the top 2 leading wicket-takers in T20s this year, Haris tops the charts with 50 wickets while Shaheen is following behind with 48 wickets this year.
Haris picked up 3, while Shaheen bagged 2 wickets in last night’s Eliminator 2 between Lahore Qalandars and Multan Sultans at National Stadium Karachi, guiding Lahore to their first-ever PSL final.
Haris Rauf became the sixth Pakistani to take 50 T20 wickets in a calendar year. Wahab Riaz, Azhar Mahmood, Yasir Arafat, Sohail Tanvir and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan have also achieved the feat in their careers.
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3 out of the top 4 leading wicket-takers in T20s this year are Pakistanis, with the only exception being Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan, who also has 48 wickets but has played 6 matches more than Shaheen.
Here are the leading wicket-takers in T20s in 2020:
| Bowler | Matches | Wickets | Average | Economy |
| Haris Rauf (Pak) | 31 | 50 | 19.48 | 8.33 |
| Shaheen Afridi (Pak) | 33 | 48 | 19.50 | 7.41 |
| Rashid Khan (Afg) | 39 | 48 | 19.43 | 6.16 |
| Shadab Khan (Pak) | 29 | 38 | 22.23 | 8.19 |
| Chris Jordan (Eng) | 38 | 37 | 30.75 | 8.89 |
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Haris Rauf and Shaheen Afridi will be looking to add to their tally of wickets as Lahore Qalandars take on Karachi Kings in the PSL 5 final on Tuesday. They are scheduled to play three more T20I matches this year as Pakistan tours New Zealand in December.
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