Pakistani pacemaker Mohamed Amir He is currently taking part in the ongoing Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season for Antigua and Barbuda Falcons. He delivered just 2.3 overs for his team in the loss to Barbados Royals and conceded just 11 runs without getting a wicket. It was a decent spell in the evening for him before rain played a supporting role and he had also delivered a first over early in the innings.
It was Amir’s 25th maiden over in T20 cricket and in this regard, he outshone India. Bhuvneshwar Kumar who has bowled 24 maidens in the shortest format of the game. Among fast bowlers, the Pakistani left-hander has the most number of maidens in T20 now, while in the overall list, he is at the third position.
Amir has played 302 matches so far, picking up 347 wickets at an economy of 7.21. These are great numbers for a bowler in the format where batsmen enjoy favourable pitches on most occasions. As for Bhunveshwar, like Amir, he also opens the bowling attack for most teams in the format and has picked up 299 wickets in 286 T20 matches so far.
Among the players who have thrown the most maidens, jasprit bumrah He is on fifth place with 22 opening overs in 233 matches so far and can probably overtake both Amir and Bhuvneshwar in the upcoming Indian Premier League (LPI) season. Sunil Narine of the West Indies and Shakib Al-Hasan Bangladesh are at the top of this list having bowled 30 and 26 opening overs in their T20 career so far.
Bowlers with the most overs in T20 cricket
| Player | Single Overs Thrown |
| Sunil Narine | 30 |
| Shakib Al-Hasan | 26 |
| Mohamed Amir | 25 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 24 |
| jasprit bumrah | 22 |
Mohammad Amir’s next target will be to surpass Shakib Al Hasan, but for that to happen, the Pakistan cricketer will have to up his game and pick up more wickets. He has not been in great form in the CPL 2024, having picked up just five wickets in seven matches so far, even as his team, Antigua and Barbuda Falcons, is struggling.
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