T20 World Cup 2022: Rating bowling attacks of Super 12 teams

5. South Africa - 8/10

The South African bowlers wreaked havoc in the encounter against Bangladesh bundling the opposition for 101, with Anrich Nortje grabbing a four-wicket haul and Tabraiz Shamsi picking a three-fer. Further, when the Proteas clashed with Rohit Sharma & co., Lungi Ngidi (four wickets for 29 runs) and Wayne Parnell (three wickets for 15 runs) led their team’s charge with the ball and restricted the star-studded Indian batting line-up to 133.

After dictating terms in the first three games, the Proteas bowling unit was quite flat when they clashed with Pakistan and conceded 185 in 20 overs. Then in the must win-game against the Netherlands, though Nortje (4-0-10-1) and Keshav Maharaj (4-0-27-1) were quite impressive, other bowlers lacked venom.

Nortje had a dream campaign that saw him bag 11 scalps in five games at a stunning economy of 5.37. Parnell also fared well picking five wickets in as many games at an economy of 6.37. However, South Africa’s pace-spearhead Kagiso Rabada was a pale shadow of his vintage self and managed just two scalps in five matches leaking runs at an alarming rate of 9.43.