The ongoing 2021 ICC T20 World Cup is the seventh edition of the Star Sports owned the official Global Rights for the ICC T20 World Cup Live Streaming in subcontinent till 2023. Live bagged the official telecast rights for the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup tournament. Besides, Geo Super and Ten Sports also owned the broadcaster rights for the event.
In the ongoing T20 World Cup 2021, we will see some new records that will take over the previous records made by legends. The tournament begins on Oct 17 till Nov 14 2021 as the Super12 Stage of the tournament kick off on 23rd October. The Final of the tournament will be played on November 4, 2021.
T20 Format is the shortest format of cricket which consist of twenty overs per side. In the shortest format of the game, batters play fiercely and all what matters in the match is a good bowling. It’s not a piece of cake to get rid of dangerous batsmen while maintaining your average and economy in T20 Internationals. But still there are some legendary bowlers in the world that showed their class by not only taking wickets but completing four wickets Haul in T20 World Cup History. Below you will see some of the best legendary spinner and fast pacers that secured four wicket hauls to their names in ICC Twenty20 World Cup history.
| Pos | Player | Team | Matches | Overs | 4w’s | 5w’s | Wickets | Eco |
| 1 | Saeed Ajmal | Pakistan | 23 | 89.2 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 6.79 |
| 2 | Morne Morkel | South Africa | 17 | 62.4 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7.21 |
| 3 | Ajanta Mendis | Sri Lanka | 21 | 78.3 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 6.7 |
| 4 | Umar Gul | Pakistan | 24 | 82.4 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 7.3 |
| 5 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 25 | 88.1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 6.64 |
| 6 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 34 | 135 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 6.71 |
| 7 | Lendl Simmons | West Indies | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9.16 |
| 8 | P. van Meekeren | Netherlands | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4.66 |
| 9 | E .Chigumbura | Zimbabve | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.5 |
| 10 | Chris Morris | South Africa | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8.9 |
Most Four Haul Wicket Takers in T20 World Cup History
To take the wickets in T20s is not an easy job to do as in T20 game is a game of nerves where a slight mistake by bowler can cost him a six easily. Here below are some of the Wicket Taker bowlers who successfully managed to take Four Wicket Haul in Twenty20 World Cup History. Let’s Check out the List:
| Match Date | Player | Team | Opposition | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ |
| 12 Sep 2007 | MR Gillespie | New Zealand | v Kenya | 2.5 | 7 | 4 | 2.47 |
| 12 Sep 2007 | Umar Gul | Pakistan | v Scotland | 4 | 25 | 4 | 6.25 |
| 12 Sep 2007 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | v Scotland | 4 | 19 | 4 | 4.75 |
| 13 Sep 2007 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | v West Indies | 4 | 34 | 4 | 8.5 |
| 13 Sep 2007 | E Chigumbura | Zimbabwe | v England | 4 | 31 | 4 | 7.75 |
| 14 Sep 2007 | Mohammad Asif | Pakistan | v India | 4 | 18 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 16 Sep 2007 | DL Vettori | New Zealand | v India | 4 | 20 | 4 | 5 |
| 19 Sep 2007 | M Morkel | South Africa | v New Zealand | 4 | 17 | 4 | 4.25 |
| 20 Sep 2007 | SR Clark | Australia | v Sri Lanka | 4 | 20 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 Sep 2007 | RP Singh | India | v South Africa | 4 | 13 | 4 | 3.25 |
| 6 Jun 2009 | PP Ojha | India | v Bangladesh | 4 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 |
| 9 Jun 2009 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | v Netherlands | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2.75 |
| 10 Jun 2009 | LMP Simmons | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | 3 | 19 | 4 | 6.33 |
| 10 Jun 2009 | Z Khan | India | v Ireland | 3 | 19 | 4 | 6.33 |
| 12 Jun 2009 | DJ Bravo | West Indies | v India | 4 | 38 | 4 | 9.5 |
| 13 Jun 2009 | WD Parnell | South Africa | v West Indies | 4 | 13 | 4 | 3.25 |
| 13 Jun 2009 | Umar Gul | Pakistan | v New Zealand | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 14 Jun 2009 | AR Cusack | Ireland | v Sri Lanka | 3 | 18 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 Jun 2009 | Saeed Ajmal | Pakistan | v Ireland | 4 | 19 | 4 | 4.75 |
| 5 May 2010 | DP Nannes | Australia | v Bangladesh | 4 | 18 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 5 May 2010 | M Morkel | South Africa | v Afghanistan | 3 | 20 | 4 | 6.66 |
| 10 May 2010 | CK Langeveldt | South Africa | v Pakistan | 4 | 19 | 4 | 4.75 |
| 10 May 2010 | Saeed Ajmal | Pakistan | v South Africa | 4 | 26 | 4 | 6.5 |
| 18 Sep 2012 | BAW Mendis | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 20 Sep 2012 | JH Kallis | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | 4 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |
| 23 Sep 2012 | Saeed Ajmal | Pakistan | v New Zealand | 4 | 30 | 4 | 7.5 |
| 23 Sep 2012 | Harbhajan Singh | India | v England | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 |
| 1 Oct 2012 | SL Malinga | Sri Lanka | v England | 4 | 31 | 5 | 7.75 |
| 7 Oct 2012 | BAW Mendis | Sri Lanka | v West Indies | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 |
| 17 Mar 2014 | T Panyangara | Zimbabwe | v Ireland | 4 | 37 | 4 | 9.25 |
| 20 Mar 2014 | Nadeem Ahmed | Hong Kong | v Bangladesh | 3.3 | 21 | 4 | 6 |
| 24 Mar 2014 | DW Steyn | South Africa | v New Zealand | 4 | 17 | 4 | 4.25 |
| 25 Mar 2014 | S Badree | West Indies | v Bangladesh | 4 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |
| 27 Mar 2014 | Ahsan Malik | Netherlands | v South Africa | 4 | 19 | 5 | 4.75 |
| 27 Mar 2014 | Imran Tahir | South Africa | v Netherlands | 4 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 |
| 27 Mar 2014 | KMDN Kulasekara | Sri Lanka | v England | 4 | 32 | 4 | 8 |
| 30 Mar 2014 | R Ashwin | India | v Australia | 3.2 | 11 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 31 Mar 2014 | HMRKB Herath | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | 3.3 | 3 | 5 | 0.85 |
| 10 Mar 2016 | WP Masakadza | Zimbabwe | v Scotland | 4 | 28 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 Mar 2016 | Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | v Hong Kong | 4 | 20 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 Mar 2016 | PA van Meekeren | Netherlands | v Ireland | 2 | 11 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 13 Mar 2016 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | v Oman | 3 | 15 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 Mar 2016 | MJ Santner | New Zealand | v India | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2.75 |
| 20 Mar 2016 | CH Morris | South Africa | v Afghanistan | 4 | 27 | 4 | 6.75 |
| 25 Mar 2016 | JP Faulkner | Australia | v Pakistan | 4 | 27 | 5 | 6.75 |
| 26 Mar 2016 | Mustafizur Rahman | Bangladesh | v New Zealand | 4 | 22 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 26 Mar 2016 | CJ Jordan | England | v Sri Lanka | 4 | 28 | 4 | 7 |
| 17 Oct 2021 | Zeeshan Maqsood | Oman | v P.N.G. | 4 | 20 | 4 | 5 |
| 18 Oct 2021 | C Campher | Ireland | v Netherlands | 4 | 26 | 4 | 6.5 |
