The ICC Men's T20 World Cup is the international championship of Twenty20 (T20) cricket. A Twenty20 International (T20I) is an international cricket match between two teams, each having T20I status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport's world governing body. In a T20I, each team plays a single innings, which is restricted to a maximum of 20 overs. In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded by the critics as a notable achievement. As of the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup, the most recent to take place, there have been 14 five-wicket hauls taken by 14 cricketers.
The first five-wicket haul in an ICC Men's T20 World Cup match, as well as in any T20I match, was taken by Umar Gul of Pakistan, with bowling figures of five wickets for 6 runs. He achieved the feat on 13 June 2009 while playing against New Zealand at The Oval during the 2009 ICC World Twenty20. The second bowler to take a five-for was Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis, who picked up six wickets for 8 runs, recording the best bowling figures in the T20 World Cup to date. He set the record while playing against Zimbabwe, on 18 September 2012 during the 2012 ICC World Twenty20. On 27 March 2014, Ahsan Malik of the Netherlands took five wickets conceding 19 runs against South Africa during the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. With this, he became the first player from an associate nation to claim a five-wicket haul in a T20 World Cup match. Rangana Herath's five-for against New Zealand on 31 March 2014 is the most economical five-wicket haul in the T20 World Cup. He averaged 0.60 in that match, which is also the best average for a five-for in the T20 World Cup. On 26 March 2016, at the age of 20, Mustafizur Rahman picked up five wickets for 22 runs against New Zealand during the 2016 edition, becoming the youngest player to claim a five-wicket haul in the championship. Mujeeb Ur Rahman of Afghanistan was the first player to claim a five-wicket haul on his T20 World Cup debut, which he achieved while playing against Scotland on 25 October 2021, during the 2021 edition.
The 2007 and 2010 editions were the only tournaments where no five-wicket hauls were taken. Every other season except 2009 and 2022 saw two five-wicket hauls. There have been three instances when players from Sri Lanka have taken a five-for in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, the most for any team in the competition. Key + Symbol MeaningThe bowler was the man of the matchDateDay on which the match was heldInnInnings in which the five-wicket haul was takenOversNumber of overs bowledRunsNumber of runs concededWktsNumber of wickets takenEconRuns conceded per overBatsmenBatsmen whose wickets were takenResultResult for the bowler's team
Five-wicket hauls + ICC Men's T20 World Cup five-wicket hauls No. Bowler Date Team Opponent Venue Inn Overs Runs Wkts EconBatsmen Result 1 The Oval, London 1 3 6 5 2.00 Scott Styris Peter McGlashan Nathan McCullum James Franklin Kyle MillsWon 2 Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota 2 4 8 6 2.00 Vusi Sibanda Brendan Taylor Elton Chigumbura Prosper Utseya Kyle JarvisWon 3 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy 2 4 31 5 7.75 Luke Wright Alex Hales Jonny Bairstow Samit Patel Jos ButtlerWon 4 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong 1 4 19 5 4.75 Hashim Amla Albie Morkel David Miller Dale Steyn Beuran HendricksLost 5 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong 2 3.3 3 5 0.85 Brendon McCullum Ross Taylor James Neesham Luke Ronchi Trent BoultWon 6 Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali 2 4 27 5 6.75 Sharjeel Khan Khalid Latif Imad Wasim Sarfaraz Ahmed Wahab RiazWon 7 Eden Gardens, Kolkata 1 4 22 5 5.50 Henry Nicholls Kane Williamson Grant Elliott Mitchell Santner Nathan McCullumLost 8 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 2 4 20 5 5.00 George Munsey Kyle Coetzer Calum MacLeod Richie Berrington Mark WattWon 9 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 1 4 19 5 4.75 Afif Hossain Shamim Hossain Mahedi Hasan Mustafizur Rahman Shoriful IslamWon 10 Perth Stadium, Perth 1 3.4 10 5 2.72 Ibrahim Zadran Usman Ghani Azmatullah Omarzai Rashid Khan Fazalhaq FarooqiWon 11 Providence Stadium, Guyana 24952.25Ronak Patel Roger Mukasa Riazat Ali Shah Brian Masaba Robinson ObuyaWon 12 Providence Stadium, Guyana 241152.75 Roger Mukasa Alpesh Ramjani Kenneth Waiswa Riazat Ali Shah Dinesh NakraniWon 13 Eden Gardens, Kolkata 232056.66 Brandon McMullen Matthew Cross Michael Leask Oliver Davidson Safyaan SharifWon 14 Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi 143558.75 Dilpreet Bajwa Yuvraj Samra Harsh Thaker Shreyas Movva Saad Bin ZafarWon
Tournament overview + Five-wicket hauls by tournament Year No. of five-wicket haulsBest Bowling figuresBowler2007 0 4/7 Mark Gillespie200915/6 Umar Gul201004/18 Dirk Nannes201226/8 Ajantha Mendis201425/3 Rangana Herath201625/22 Mustafizur Rahman202125/19 Adam Zampa202215/10 Sam Curran202425/9Fazalhaq Farooqi202625/20Romario Shepherd
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