Top ten fielders of South Africa in T20

People prefer watching Twenty-Twenty matches for the simple reason that it is for a shorter duration, and this has attracted a lot of craze and has made them avoid the traditional forms of cricket. Twenty-Twenty does not possess the actual skills of the player. Twenty-Twenty requires the player to be very concentrated and confident.

Their recent performances have shown that they are a difficult team to beat in this format as well. South Africa has been gifted with some exceptional players.

AB de Villiers is considered one of the finest players in fielding, and because of his mannerisms and his play, he reminds a lot of Jhonty Rhodes. Indefinitely, South Africa is one of the best fielding teams in Twenty-Twenty. Here is the list of top ten fielders of South Africa in T20:

1. AB de Villiers
2. GC Smith
3. JP Duminy
4. JA Morkel
5. J Botha
6. DW Steyn
7. HH Gibbs
8. RE van der Merwe
9. JH Kallis
10. JM Kemp

T20 Cricket: From batsmen to bowlers, Who is in the limelight?

‘Bowlers cannot be choosers’ this is what bowlers were known in the T20 cricket. With the commencement of the T20 World Cup 2009, a transitional shift is witnessed in the T20 cricket game. Bowlers dominated the tournament where batsmen were seen subjugated in front of the charismatic bowling. Whether it is fast bowling by Pakistan’s Umer Gul or Srilankan spinning attack, bowlers from each country dominated the cricket arena. Prior to the T20 World Cup 2009, T20 game format was considered as a batsman’s game where bowlers never got any credit as the towering scores by the strikers always smudged their bowling averages.

In T20 World Cup 2009, some magnificent balling have been seen by players like Umer Gul (Pakistan, Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan), SL Malinga (Sri Lanka), WD Parnell (South Africa) and RE van Der Merwe (South Africa) who remained extraordinary with the ball. As the T20 World Cup has crossed the midway mark, Umer Gul tops the bowling chart with 12 wickets with record making bowling figures of 5 wickets for 6 runs. Career best economy rate goes to India’s RP Singh of 4.33 where DL Vettori stands on the second spot with an economy rate of 5.00.

Going forward, T20 cricket will serve as a blend of both batting and bowling as the T20 World Cup has changed the face of the game not only for strikers but also for bowlers who can deliver their best in any particular game.