Five Indian bowlers who bowled most economical spells in T20 Internationals

Cricket has always been known as the batter’s game and it’s been proven with time since the arrival of the shortest format of the game, 20-20 cricket. Being a bowler, it is very difficult to keep control of the batter from scoring runs quickly in 20-20 cricket. So, a bowler who has the ability to restrict the batter with an economical bowl is like a boon for the teams in the shortest format of the game.

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So, here we’ll have a look at five Indian bowlers who have bowled the most economical spells for team India.

Ravichandran Ashwin – 4-1-8-4 against Sri Lanka, 2016

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India was playing against Sri Lanka in Vishakhapatnam six years back in the year 2016. The then-skipper of India, MS Dhoni introduced the veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin into the attack. Ashwin went on to scalp the four big wickets of the Sri Lankan team including the southpaw Niroshan Dickwella who came to open the innings for Sri Lanka.

Ashwin conceded only 8 runs in his quota of four overs to scalp these four wickets. He also bowled a maiden over.

Harshal Patel – 2-0-3-1 against South Africa, 2022

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Harshal Patel came into the limelight for his brilliant bowling in the death overs during the Indian T20 League. Later, on the back of his brilliant outings in the Indian T20 League, he was picked in the national squad of India. Notably, he was a part of the team that played five-match T20I series against South Africa back in June.

Harshal Patel stunned everyone with his economical spell in the Rajkot T20I of the series. He conceded only 3 runs in the two overs he bowled in the game. Harshal also scalped a wicket to his name.

Deepak Chahar – 3-1-4-3 against West Indies, 2019

India was touring West Indies three years back in 2019, Both teams were playing against each other in the Guyana T20I. Deepak Chahar of India completely terrorized the top order of the Caribbean team by scalping three wickets individually only within the powerplay overs.

Deepak Chahar ended up with the figures of 3-1-4-3 after the match. Sunil Narine, Evin Lewis, and Shimron Hetmyer were the batter who fell prey to Chahar.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 4-1-4-5 against Afghanistan, 2022

India and Afghanistan were playing against each other in the super-4 stage of the Asia Cup 2022. Although, it was a dead rubber and had nothing to affect the tournament. Batting first, the Indians posted a massive total of 212 runs with the help of Kohli’s swashbuckling century.

Then came the unforgettable spell of senior pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar who went on to scalp five wickets by conceding only four runs in his quota of four overs. Notably, Bhuvi also bowled a maiden over in his spell.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 3-0-3-0 against West Indies, 2014

It is sure that specialists and senior bowlers like Bhuvneshwar Kumar can make twice in these kinds of lists. India was playing in a 20-20 World Cup game in Mirpur against West Indies back in 2014. Bhuvneshwar was also part of the playing XI in that match for team India.

He stunned everyone with his bowling figures as he conceded only three runs in his spell of three overs and everyone was amazed to see how economical he went for India.