The Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2024 began on February 17 and concluded on March 18.
Organised by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), as many as six teams played a total of 34 T20 matches across four venues in PSL 2024.
Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars, Multan Sultans, Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators are the teams that were competing for the PSL 2024 title.
Some of the talented T20 bowlers including the likes of Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Wasim, David Willey, Abbas Afridi, Shadab Khan and Hasan Ali participated in the Pakistan Super League.
Multan Sultans’ Abbas Afridi finished with the most wickets in PSL 2023. The 22-year-old right-arm pacer picked up 23 wickets in 11 matches in the 2023 edition.
Meanwhile, former Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz holds the record for the most wickets in PSL history. Between 2016 and 2023, the left-arm pacer bagged 113 wickets in 88 matches for Peshawar Zalmi.
Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan took the first wicket in PSL 2024. The star leg-spinner dismissed Lahore Qalandars’ opening batter Fakhar Zaman in the opening game of the T20 tournament.
Peshawar Zalmi leg-spinner Arif Yaqoob became the first bowler to claim a five-wicket haul in PSL 2024. Arif Yaqoob recorded match-winning figures of 5/27 against Islamabad United to help his side win the game by eight runs at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Apart from Yaqoob, the likes of Mohammad Ali, David Willey, Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed and Usama Mir were in contention to be the top wicket-taker in PSL 2024.
Here’s a look at the players with most wickets in PSL 2024.
Most wickets in PSL 2024: Know the top wicket-takers in Pakistan Super League
|
Player |
Team |
Matches |
Wickets |
|
Usama Mir |
Multan Sultans |
12 |
24 |
|
Mohammad Ali |
Multan Sultans |
12 |
19 |
|
Abrar Ahmed |
Quetta Gladiators |
10 |
16 |
|
David Willey |
Multan Sultans |
11 |
15 |
|
Akeal Hosein |
Quetta Gladiators |
10 |
15 |
|
Naseem Shah |
Islamabad United | 11 |
15 |
| Shaheen Afridi |
Lahore Qalandars |
9 |
14 |
|
Hasan Ali |
Karachi Kings |
10 |
14 |
| Shadab Khan |
Islamabad United |
12 |
14 |
| Abbas Afridi |
Multan Sultans |
9 |
13 |
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