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T20 World Cup 2026 best strike rate

Updated 8 Mar 2026, after New Zealand vs India

Shadley van Schalkwyk leads T20 World Cup on strike rate: 7.00 from 4 matches (United States of America) · Azmatullah Omarzai (9.56) and Gerhard Erasmus (9.71) next

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#	Player · last 3 inningsPlayer	Team	Last 3 innings · newest first	Strike Rate	Mat	Inns	Mat	Inns	Ov	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Econ	4w	5w
1	Shadley van Schalkwyk USA 2/303/214/25	USA	2/303/214/25	7.00	4	4	4	4	14.5	101	13	7.77	6.81	2	0
2	Azmatullah Omarzai AFG 1/184/153/41	AFG	1/184/153/41	9.56	4	4	4	4	13.5	114	9	12.67	8.24	1	0
3	Gerhard Erasmus NAM 1/252/274/20	NAM	1/252/274/20	9.71	4	4	4	4	11.0	83	7	11.86	7.55	1	0
4	Rachin Ravindra NZ 1/322/293/19	NZ	1/322/293/19	9.83	8	7	8	7	19.0	149	12	12.42	7.84	1	0
5	Michael Leask SCO 3/301/334/17	SCO	3/301/334/17	10.78	4	4	4	4	16.0	122	9	13.56	7.63	1	0
6	Blessing Muzarabani ZIM 1/321/432/42	ZIM	1/321/432/42	11.31	6	6	6	6	23.5	188	13	14.46	7.89	1	0
7	Adam Zampa AUS 4/210/410/31	AUS	4/210/410/31	11.50	4	4	4	4	15.2	116	8	14.50	7.57	2	0
8	Saim Ayub PAK 0/210/103/25	PAK	0/210/103/25	12.00	6	5	6	5	10.0	74	5	14.80	7.40	0	0
9	Usman Tariq PAK 0/432/314/16	PAK	0/432/314/16	12.20	5	5	5	5	19.3	141	10	14.10	7.23	1	0
10	Jasprit Bumrah IND 4/151/332/36	IND	4/151/332/36	12.43	8	8	8	8	28.0	174	14	12.43	6.21	1	0
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11	Richard Ngarava	ZIM		12.50	3	3	3	3	12.0	126	6	21.00	10.50	0	0
12	Shaheen Afridi	PAK		12.75	5	5	5	5	17.0	179	8	22.38	10.53	1	0
13	Marco Jansen	SA		12.82	6	6	6	6	22.4	237	11	21.55	10.46	2	0
14	Junaid Siddique	UAE		12.86	4	4	4	4	13.4	128	7	18.29	9.37	0	1
15	Dushmantha Chameera	SL		13.00	6	6	6	6	21.0	200	10	20.00	9.52	0	0
16	Harmeet Singh	USA		13.00	4	4	4	4	15.0	113	7	16.14	7.53	1	0
17	Crishan Kalugamage	ITA		13.14	4	4	4	4	15.0	116	7	16.57	7.73	0	0
18	Gudakesh Motie	WI		13.40	7	7	7	7	22.0	173	10	17.30	7.86	1	0
19	Brad Evans	ZIM		13.50	6	6	6	6	21.2	196	10	19.60	9.19	0	0
20	Logan van Beek	NLD		13.57	4	4	4	4	15.0	143	7	20.43	9.53	0	0
21	Varun Chakaravarthy	IND		13.64	9	9	9	9	31.0	287	14	20.50	9.26	0	0
22	Will Jacks	ENG		13.67	8	7	8	7	20.0	195	9	21.67	9.75	0	0
23	Jamie Overton	ENG		13.67	6	6	6	6	20.0	149	9	16.56	7.45	0	0
24	Lungi Ngidi	SA		13.83	7	7	7	7	26.0	187	12	15.58	7.19	1	0
25	Axar Patel	IND		13.91	7	7	7	7	25.0	205	11	18.64	8.20	0	0
26	Corbin Bosch	SA		13.91	7	7	7	7	25.0	191	11	17.36	7.64	0	0
27	Nandan Yadav	NPL		14.40	4	4	4	4	11.0	95	5	19.00	8.64	0	0
28	Adil Rashid	ENG		14.62	8	8	8	8	30.4	250	13	19.23	8.15	0	0
29	Jason Holder	WI		14.70	7	7	7	7	23.0	204	10	20.40	8.87	1	0
30	Shakeel Ahmed	OMN		15.00	3	3	3	3	10.0	89	4	22.25	8.90	0	0
31	Abrar Ahmed	PAK		15.17	4	4	4	4	15.0	114	6	19.00	7.60	0	0
32	Maheesh Theekshana	SL		15.27	7	7	7	7	27.3	204	11	18.55	7.42	0	0
33	Shivam Dube	IND		15.40	9	5	9	5	10.3	146	5	29.20	13.90	0	0
34	Aryan Dutt	NLD		15.60	4	4	4	4	13.0	89	5	17.80	6.85	0	0
35	Bas de Leede	NLD		15.80	4	4	4	4	12.3	98	5	19.60	7.84	0	0
36	Rashid Khan	AFG		16.17	4	4	4	4	16.0	107	6	17.83	6.69	0	0
37	Nathan Ellis	AUS		16.20	4	4	4	4	12.5	92	5	18.40	7.17	1	0
38	Akeal Hosein	WI		16.29	6	6	6	6	19.0	163	7	23.29	8.58	0	0
39	Liam Dawson	ENG		16.80	8	8	8	8	27.0	209	10	20.90	7.74	0	0
40	Benjamin Manenti	ITA		17.20	4	4	4	4	14.0	103	5	20.60	7.36	0	0
41	Shamar Joseph	WI		17.33	7	7	7	7	25.0	225	9	25.00	9.00	1	0
42	James Neesham	NZ		17.33	6	6	6	6	17.0	181	6	30.17	10.65	0	0
43	Jofra Archer	ENG		17.36	8	8	8	8	30.0	286	11	26.00	9.53	0	0
44	Mohammad Nawaz	PAK		17.43	6	6	6	6	20.0	156	7	22.29	7.80	0	0
45	Dilshan Madushanka	SL		17.60	4	4	4	4	14.0	112	5	22.40	8.00	0	0
46	Mohammad Mohsin	USA		18.00	4	4	4	4	12.0	72	4	18.00	6.00	0	0
47	Matt Henry	NZ		18.10	8	8	8	8	28.3	235	10	23.50	8.25	0	0
48	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	AFG		18.20	4	4	4	4	15.0	115	5	23.00	7.67	0	0
49	Dushan Hemantha	SL		18.33	5	5	5	5	18.0	178	6	29.67	9.89	0	0
50	Roston Chase	WI		18.75	5	4	5	4	12.0	103	4	25.75	8.58	0	0
51	Saad Bin Zafar	CAN		20.00	4	4	4	4	13.0	116	4	29.00	8.92	0	0
52	George Linde	SA		20.00	3	3	3	3	10.0	78	3	26.00	7.80	0	0
53	Bradley Currie	SCO		20.50	4	4	4	4	13.0	89	4	22.25	6.85	0	0
54	Muhammad Jawad Ullah	UAE		20.67	3	3	3	3	10.0	75	3	25.00	7.50	0	0
55	Dunith Wellalage	SL		20.88	7	7	7	7	27.0	195	8	24.38	7.22	0	0
56	Matthew Forde	WI		21.00	6	6	6	6	19.4	123	6	20.50	6.25	0	0
57	Lockie Ferguson	NZ		21.83	7	7	7	7	20.1	201	6	33.50	9.97	0	0
58	Arshdeep Singh	IND		22.00	8	8	8	8	30.0	254	9	28.22	8.47	0	0
59	Ali Hasan	ITA		22.00	4	4	4	4	14.0	116	4	29.00	8.29	0	0
60	Hardik Pandya	IND		23.00	9	9	9	9	33.0	291	9	32.33	8.82	0	0
61	Sam Curran	ENG		23.00	8	7	8	7	21.4	205	6	34.17	9.46	0	0
62	Dasun Shanaka	SL		23.00	7	5	7	5	11.2	102	3	34.00	9.00	0	0
63	Kyle Klein	NLD		23.00	3	3	3	3	11.0	96	3	32.00	8.73	0	0
64	Mark Adair	IRE		23.33	3	3	3	3	11.0	113	3	37.67	10.27	0	0
65	Jaskaran Singh Buttar	CAN		24.00	4	4	4	4	13.5	180	4	45.00	13.01	0	0
66	Ansh Patel	CAN		24.33	4	4	4	4	12.0	104	3	34.67	8.67	0	0
67	Oliver Davidson	SCO		24.67	4	4	4	4	12.0	105	3	35.00	8.75	0	0
68	Matthew Humphreys	IRE		24.67	3	3	3	3	12.0	104	3	34.67	8.67	0	0
69	Sikandar Raza	ZIM		24.80	6	6	6	6	20.0	180	5	36.00	9.00	0	0
70	Keshav Maharaj	SA		26.20	6	6	6	6	21.0	179	5	35.80	8.52	0	0
71	Glenn Phillips	NZ		27.00	7	6	7	6	13.0	117	3	39.00	9.00	0	0
72	Muhammad Arfan	UAE		27.67	4	4	4	4	13.0	115	3	38.33	8.85	0	0
73	Graeme Cremer	ZIM		28.33	4	4	4	4	14.0	125	3	41.67	8.93	0	0
74	Grant Stewart	ITA		30.00	4	4	4	4	14.0	157	3	52.33	11.21	0	0
75	JJ Smuts	ITA		30.33	4	4	4	4	15.0	111	3	37.00	7.40	0	0
76	Jacob Duffy	NZ		32.33	5	5	5	5	15.0	163	3	54.33	10.87	0	0
77	Kagiso Rabada	SA		33.80	7	7	7	7	26.4	217	5	43.40	8.14	0	0
78	Saurabh Netravalkar	USA		36.50	3	3	3	3	12.0	132	2	66.00	11.00	0	0
79	Dipendra Singh Airee	NPL		39.50	4	4	4	4	13.0	89	2	44.50	6.85	0	0
80	Dillon Heyliger	CAN		42.00	4	4	4	4	13.0	129	2	64.50	9.92	0	0
81	Mark Watt	SCO		42.50	4	4	4	4	14.0	140	2	70.00	10.00	0	0
82	Bernard Scholtz	NAM		49.50	4	4	4	4	16.0	136	2	68.00	8.50	0	0
83	Dilpreet Singh Bajwa	CAN		64.00	4	4	4	4	10.0	88	1	88.00	8.80	0	0
84	Wellington Masakadza	ZIM		68.00	4	4	4	4	11.0	94	1	94.00	8.55	0	0
85	Kushal Bhurtel	NPL		74.00	4	4	4	4	12.0	110	1	110.00	9.17	0	0
86	Kaleem Sana	CAN		74.00	3	3	3	3	11.0	90	1	90.00	8.18	0	0
87	Sandeep Lamichhane	NPL		78.00	4	4	4	4	13.0	123	1	123.00	9.46	0	0
88	JJ Smit	NAM		78.00	4	4	4	4	13.0	146	1	146.00	11.23	0	0
89	Mitchell Santner	NZ		86.50	7	7	7	7	28.0	185	2	92.50	6.61	0	0
90	Haider Ali	UAE		92.00	4	4	4	4	15.0	122	1	122.00	8.13	0	0
91	Ruben Trumpelmann	NAM		104.00	4	4	4	4	16.0	156	1	156.00	9.75	0	0

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T20 World Cup 2026 Best Strike Rate

Shadley van Schalkwyk leads T20 World Cup on strike rate (7.00) for United States of America, ahead of Azmatullah Omarzai (9.56) and Gerhard Erasmus (9.71). The T20 World Cup 2026 bowling strike rate leaderboard ranks the 91 players who meet the qualifying threshold this season. The leading bowler can change after every match as the season progresses. Filter by team to analyse bowling strike rate depth across squads. Qualification: minimum 1 wickets.

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Who has the best bowling strike rate in T20 World Cup 2026?

Shadley van Schalkwyk leads T20 World Cup 2026 with a bowling strike rate of 7 from 4 matches, at an economy of 6.81 and an average of 7.77. Azmatullah Omarzai is second on 9.56 and Gerhard Erasmus third on 9.71. A player needs a minimum 1 wickets to be ranked. The table ranks every player in T20 World Cup 2026 by bowling strike rate, with their team and matches.

Who are the top bowlers in T20 World Cup 2026?

The top three bowlers in T20 World Cup 2026 are Shadley van Schalkwyk (7 in 4 matches), Azmatullah Omarzai (9.56 in 4 matches) and Gerhard Erasmus (9.71 in 4 matches). Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.

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