Top 5 Wicket-Takers in International Cricket 2024

In 2024, some bowlers really demonstrated in cricket, achieving great success in all types of games. Among them, an Indian player stood out during the only international competition that year, the 2024 T20 World Cup, which happened in the West Indies and the USA. We must cheer for these amazing players. Here are the most wickets in international cricket during the year.

5. Matt Henry - 59 wickets

Matt Henry, who's a fast bowler for New Zealand, did very well this year. Henry played in 16 matches and had a time bowling in 25 innings where he got 59 wickets, this person was on fire in nine test matches grasping 48 wickets with an average score of 18.58. The best part was when New Zealand won against India in a 3-0 test series sweep and Henry played a strikingly large part by taking 10 wickets.

Henry wrapped up the year with some amazing numbers, demonstrating his skills on the cricket field. This put him high on the list of wicket-takers, managing to become the fifth-highest in all formats and securing the fourth spot in tests, all at 33 years old.

4. Alzarri Joseph - 63 wickets

Alzarri Joseph, the fast bowler from the West Indies, triumphed in the cricket scene in 2024. Joseph took a spectacular 63 wickets across all playing formats, only falling short of his own monster record of 70 wickets in 2022. When it was game time in Tests grasping 26 wickets in just seven games, with batters usually getting out every 43.61 balls to him and averaging a score of 33.61.

In the one-day internationals (ODIs), Joseph added another 15 wickets to his name over nine innings, but he wasn't done yet. In T20Is, he was doing really well, taking down 22 batters in 19 matches. His standout year made him the important player in the West Indies bowling lineup, especially when they were playing the shorter formats and needed someone reliable to bowl the first ball.

3. Taskin Ahmed - 63 wickets

Taskin Ahmed from Bangladesh wrapped up the year by taking 63 wickets in 30 games across 34 innings. Ahmed showed with an average of 19.23, getting a wicket every 24 deliveries. Explaining it, he bagged 19 wickets in just four test matches, managed to collect 14 in seven ODIs, and impressively took 30 wickets in 19 T20Is.

In the T20 World Cup, Taskin was doing extremely well, getting eight wickets then in December, his wonderful performance of grasping seven wickets against the West Indies during the T20I series made sure Bangladesh secured a wonderful 3-0 victory in the Caribbean.

2. Wanindu Hasaranga - 64 wickets

Wanindu Hasaranga from Sri Lanka mastered this year in cricket. Hasaranga downright grasped 64 wickets in just 30 games. Specifically ODIs, he was the best player with 26 wickets and in T20Is he ranked third by taking 38 wickets. When you look at T20Is and look at the Test-playing nations, no one could touch his stats. Neither Arshdeep Singh of India nor Shaheen Afridi of Pakistan, who both took 36 wickets, could outdo him. What made Hasaranga stand out was how amazingly he played white-ball cricket. Hasaranga kept up an amazing average of 14.72 and his economy rate was extremely low at just 6.24, even when many runs were being scored.

1. Jasprit Bumrah - 86 wickets

Jasprit Bumrah, the fast bowler from India, was the number one wicket-taker in 2024, getting more wickets than all the others by a large margin. Bumrah picked 71 wickets and didn't even need to play any ODI matches he did all the aforementioned in just 13 Test matches. His wicket count increased beyond 200 for his career. Also, with an average of 14.92, he beat all other bowlers who had over 50 wickets this year.

In the final, when they played South Africa, he was on fire, only giving up 18 runs across four overs, and got Reeza Hendricks and Marco Jansen out with some amazing balls. He didn't stop there. Over eight T20Is, he took 15 wickets as part of India's winning streak in the T20 World Cup. Because he was so good, he won the 'Player of the Tournament' award.

Bumrah was the top bowler, knocking down a total of 86 wickets, with an impressive average of 13.76, and getting wickets every 26.97 balls. He beat the next-best bowler, Wanindu Hasaranga, by a massive 22 wickets.

Here is the list of Top Wicket-Takers in International Cricket 2024

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