AFG vs SA: Nortje breaks record for most wickets by a South African in a T20 World Cup

Pacer Anrich Nortje broke the record for most wickets by a South African in a T20 World Cup tournament, during his side’s semifinal contest against Afghanistan in Tarouba on Thursday.

South Africa’s Anrich Nortje celebrates a wicket during the T20 World Cup. | Photo Credit: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP

Pacer Anrich Nortje broke the record for most wickets by a South African in a T20 World Cup tournament, during his side’s semifinal contest against Afghanistan in Tarouba on Thursday.

Nortje went past the 12-wicket mark of Imran Tahir from 2014 with the wicket of Rashid Khan to go atop the wicket-takers tally for South Africa in a T20 World Cup.

The right-arm quick is also the leading wicket taker for South Africa across all T20 World Cups with 33 scalps.

Most wickets for South Africa in a T20 World Cup

• Anrich Nortje - 13 wickets in 2024*
• Imran Tahir - 12 wickets in 2014
• Kagiso Rabada - 12 wickets in 2024*
• Charl Langeveldt - 11 wickets in 2010
• Anrich Nortje - 11 wickets in 2022
• Roelof van der Merwe - 10 wickets in 2009