In T20 cricket, you have likely observed that batsmen generally tend to dominate the bowlers. For bowlers, restricting a team to a score of less than 150 runs is an extremely difficult task. Since a bowler is permitted to bowl a maximum of only four overs in this format, taking five wickets in a single T20 match seems almost impossible. So, would you believe us if we told you that a bowler has actually taken nine wickets in a T20 match?
This remarkable feat took place in Brazil, where Laura Cardoso—an all-rounder for the national women's cricket team claimed nine wickets in a single T20 innings. Across both men's and women's cricket, Cardoso has now become the bowler with the most wickets taken in a single T20 innings.
Players Taking Most Wickets in an Innings
| No. | Player | Country | Over | Match | Runs | Wicket | Versus | Date | Ground |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura Cardoso | Brazil | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | Lesotho | 9 April 2026 | Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2 |
| 2 | Sonam Yeshi | Bhutan | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | Myanmar | 26/12/2025 | Gelephu International Cricket Ground |
| 3 | Syazrul Idrus | Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | China | 26/07/2023 | Bayuemas Oval |
| 4 | Ali Dawood | Bahrain | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | Bhutan | 11/12/2025 | Gelephu International Cricket Ground |
| 5 | Harsha Bharadwaj | Singapore | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Mongolia | 05/09/2024 | YSD-UKM Cricket Oval |
| 6 | Peter Aho | Nigeria | 3.4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | Sierra Leone | 24/10/2021 | University of Lagos Cricket Oval |
| 7 | Dinesh Nakrani | Uganda | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | Lesotho | 19/10/2021 | Integrated Polytechnic Regional Centre |
| 8 | Deepak Chahar | India | 3.2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | Bangladesh | 10/11/2019 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium |
| 9 | Ajantha Mendis | Sri Lanka | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | Zimbabwe | 18/09/2012 | Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium |
| 10 | Kelvin Thuchila | Malawi | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | Eswatini | 27/03/2026 | Achimota Senior Secondary School B Field |
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