Ranking Top 10 T20 cricketers of 2021

The year 2021 was fully packed with T20 matches and it was a thrilling treat for the fans after coming back from a dull cricketing year in 2020. The T20 matches all over the world were held back to back and each of them was as intense as the others.

The year witnessed some of the extreme T20 madness right from plenty of International T20 series, Indian Premier League, Pakistan Super League, Caribbean Premier League, and Big Bash to the most important event of this year – ICC T20 world cup.

This format is a highly demanding one and it is vital for a batter to not only hit runs but also to be aggressive. And for the bowlers, wickets are necessary but only along with bowling economical spells. A lot of players performed consistently this year helping their team win the games. Here we bring you top 10 cricketers who were best in the shortest format of the game in 2021.

Here are the top 10 T20 cricketers of 2021:

10. Rashid Khan

Rashid Khan is one of the best T20 bowlers the game has ever witnessed. The 23-year-old leggie made his T20I debut for Afghanistan in 2015 when he was just 17 years old and has been the flag bearer of the team since then. Rashid is currently ranked fifth in the ICC rankings amongst the bowlers in the shortest format of the game.

He has plenty of records to his name. Rashid was the youngest player to reach the top spot in ICC T20I bowlers’ rankings and he took the least time in reaching the 50 and 100 wickets mark in the format. Like the previous seasons, he has had a wonderful T20 season in 2021 too.

Rashid has played 8 T20Is this year and picked 14 wickets and has an outstanding economy rate of just 6.63. He was also the highest overseas wicket-taker in the IPL this season with 18 scalps. Being a much-demanded cricketer in this format, he has never failed to satisfy the teams he has played for.