Data Insights: India's Top 3 Most Impactful Bowlers in T20 Internationals

At the third position, we have the world cup winner, and the man of the match awardee of T20 World cup final, 2007.

3. Irfan Pathan

Irfan Pathan celebrating a wicket against Pakistan

This may come as a surprise to some people, but Irfan Pathan was a brilliant T20 bowler for India. His memorable performance came against Pakistan in World cup final 2007 where he was awarded the man of the match for his spell of 3/16 in 4 overs; he took the most crucial wicket of Boom Boom Afridi.

Overall, Irfan Pathan was really good on subcontinent pitches having taken 14 wickets in 9 matches at a decent strike rate of 8.23 and a scintillating average of 17.64.

Figures of Irfan Pathan in T20 Internationals

For his performances, Irfan Pathan gets an impact rating of 5.7 out of 10, with a rating of 8.3 on subcontinent pitches and 3.3 on non-subcontinent pitches.

Next up we have India's spearhead and India's best fast bowler in limited overs cricket.