#	Player	Team	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Best	4w	5w	Span
1	Mitchell Starc	Aus	18	937	726	49	14.82	6-28	3	3	2015
2	Glenn McGrath	Aus	39	1955	1292	71	18.20	7-15	0	2	1996-2007
3	Wasim Akram	Pak	38	1947	1311	55	23.84	5-28	4	2	1987-2003
4	Shahid Afridi	Pak	27	1104	831	30	27.70	5-16	2	2	1999-2015
5	Mustafizur Rahman	Ban	8	433	484	20	24.20	5-29	0	2	2019-2019
6	Chaminda Vaas	SL	31	1570	1040	49	21.22	6-25	1	1	1996-2007
7	Shaun Pollock	SA	31	1614	970	31	31.29	5-36	0	1	1996-2007
8	Shane Bond	NZ	16	886	518	30	17.27	6-23	0	1	2003-2007
9	Kapil Dev	Ind	26	1422	862	28	30.79	5-53	0	1	1979-1992
10	Craig McDermott	Aus	17	144	599	27	22.19	5-44	1	1	1987-1996
11	Damien Fleming	Aus	16	800	583	26	22.42	5-36	0	1	1996-1999
12	Abdul Qadir	Pak	13	814	506	24	21.08	5-44	2	1	1983-1987
13	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pak	14	704	494	23	21.48	5-35	0	1	1996-2003
14	Brett Lee	Aus	17	825	629	34	18.50	5-42	2	1	2003-2011
15	Richard Hadlee	NZ	13	877	421	22	19.14	5-25	0	1	1975-1983
16	Lance Klusener	SA	14	605	487	22	22.14	5-21	1	1	1999-2003
17	Lasith Malinga	SL	29	1394	1280	56	22.86	6-38	2	1	2007-2019
18	Yuvraj Singh	Ind	23	555	462	20	23.10	5-31	1	1	2003-2011
19	Imran Tahir	SA	22	1151	847	40	21.18	5-45	4	1	2011-2019
20	Tim Southee	NZ	18	974	854	34	25.12	7-33	0	1	2011
21	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	29	1433	1222	34	35.94	5-29	1	1	2007-2019
22	Wahab Riaz	Pak	20	1000	926	35	26.46	5-46	1	1	2011-2019
23	Trent Boult	NZ	19	1104	850	39	21.79	5-27	3	1	2015
24	Mohammed Shami	Ind	11	577	487	31	15.71	5-69	3	1	2015-2019
25	Kemar Roach	WI	13	606	466	20	23.30	6-27	0	1	2011-2019

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