Champions Trophy 2025 Most Wickets
Champions Trophy 2025 will commence from February 19. Pakistan will be hosting an ICC event for the first time since 1996 and UAE will act as co-host as Indian team has refused to travel to the country. Though the subcontinent pitches are better known to assist batters, bowlers have tried their might to pull off spectacular performance and stamp their authority.
Looking at the Champions Trophy history, the tournament has been held in different continent over decades. Bowlers, who have been exposed to different conditions and pitcher have never felt out of place. Former New Zealand pacer, Kyle Mills sits atop with most number of wickets in the Champions Trophy history.He has 28 wickets in 15 games and is followed by Sri Lanka’s iconic bowler, Lasith Malinga, who has 25 scalps in 16 games
Speaking of the current players, only India all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja comes close to matching the veteran cricketer’s numbers. The left-arm spinner has 16 wickets to his name in just 10 games. The other contender, England spinner Adil Rashid, is far away with seven wickets in three games.
Champions Trophy Top Wicket Takers
| No | Bowler | Team | Wkts | Mat | Ovs | BBI | Balls | Avg | Ecn | R | 4-Fers | 5-Fers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Henry | NZ | 10 | 4 | 31.2 | 5/42 | 188 | 16.7 | 5.33 | 167 | -- | 1 |
| 2 | Varun Chakravarthy | IND | 9 | 3 | 30 | 5/42 | 180 | 15.11 | 4.53 | 136 | -- | 1 |
| 3 | Mitchell Santner | NZ | 9 | 5 | 50 | 3/43 | 300 | 26.67 | 4.8 | 240 | -- | -- |
| 4 | Mohammed Shami | IND | 9 | 5 | 41 | 5/53 | 246 | 25.89 | 5.68 | 233 | -- | 1 |
| 5 | Michael Bracewell | NZ | 8 | 5 | 49 | 4/26 | 294 | 25.13 | 4.1 | 201 | 1 | -- |
| 6 | Kuldeep Yadav | IND | 7 | 5 | 46.3 | 3/40 | 279 | 31.86 | 4.8 | 223 | -- | -- |
| 7 | Ben Dwarshuis | AUS | 7 | 3 | 26 | 3/47 | 156 | 21.71 | 5.85 | 152 | -- | -- |
| 8 | Azmatullah Omarzai | AFG | 7 | 3 | 20.5 | 5/58 | 125 | 20 | 6.72 | 140 | -- | 1 |
| 9 | Wiaan Mulder | SA | 6 | 3 | 22.2 | 3/25 | 134 | 18.17 | 4.88 | 109 | -- | -- |
| 10 | Kagiso Rabada | SA | 6 | 3 | 25.3 | 3/36 | 153 | 24.67 | 5.8 | 148 | -- | -- |
| 11 | Adam Zampa | AUS | 6 | 3 | 28 | 2/48 | 168 | 28.67 | 6.14 | 172 | -- | -- |
| 12 | William O’Rourke | NZ | 6 | 5 | 43 | 3/47 | 258 | 44.5 | 6.21 | 267 | -- | -- |
| 13 | Lungi Ngidi | SA | 6 | 3 | 25 | 3/72 | 150 | 26.83 | 6.44 | 161 | -- | -- |
| 14 | Jofra Archer | ENG | 6 | 3 | 29 | 3/64 | 174 | 33.5 | 6.93 | 201 | -- | -- |
| 15 | Ravindra Jadeja | IND | 5 | 5 | 42 | 2/40 | 252 | 36.6 | 4.36 | 183 | -- | -- |
R: Runs, Inns: Innings, Avg: Average, SR: Strike Rate, H.S: Highest Score, Wkts: Wickets, Ovs: Overs, 4-Fers: Four Wicket Haul, 5-Fers: Five Wicket Haul, BBI: Best Bowling in Innings, RCI: Runs Conceded Innings, ECN: Economy, Mdns: Maidens, Mat: Matches, BF: Balls Faced