Imran Tahir’s top 3 performances in T20I Cricket

Imran Tahir was the finest leg-spinner for South Africa. The former Proteas was known for his deceiving googlies to the batters and picking up wickets at crucial times for the sides he has played for. Tahir became the first South African bowler to pick seven wickets in an ODI, as well as the fastest South African to get 100 ODI wickets. He is now South Africa’s leading wicket-taker among spin bowlers in both the ODI and T20I formats.

In 2017, he became the fastest South African to reach 50 T20I wickets. With 39 wickets in the ICC World Cup, Tahir is South Africa’s most successful spinner. He was the first and only spinner to take more than 100 wickets in ODIs for South Africa. The leggie was also the T20 Cricketer of the Year of the national side in 2013.  

Tahir has retired from international cricket but has played franchise cricket till now. In the article, we will be looking at the top bowling performances by the bowlers in T20I cricket. 

Here are the top 3 bowling performances by Tahir in T20I 

3. 4/21 vs England, 2016

England was on the tour of South Africa, and in the 1st T20I game after being invited to bat first the visitors failed to capitalise against the home team and scored 134/8 in their 20 overs, with Tahir picking up 4 wickets and leaking out just 21 runs in the process. 

2. 5/23 vs Zimbabwe, 2018 

Zimbabwe toured South Africa in 2018 and in the 1st T20I game after batting first the Proteas scored a competitive total of 160 runs. In reply, the visitors were never in the game and could not pick Tahir and kept on losing wickets at regular intervals with the veteran picking 5 wickets for 23 runs. 

1. 5/24 vs New Zealand, 2017 

South Africa was touring in the Kiwi Islands. The Proteas were invited to bat first and they posted a good total of 185/6 in their 20 overs with opener Hashim Amla scoring a half-century. In reply, the Black Caps were rattled down to 107 runs with the spinner picking up 5 for 24. 

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