World T20: Bowlers can pack a wallop too

It’s generally agreed that Twenty20 is a batsman’s port. However, there have been a few bowlers who have bucked the trend and proved that they can also be game-changers in this format. Sportstar picks five best bowling performances in the World T20 Championship.

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Sri Lanka's bowler Ajantha Mendis, right celebrates dismissal of Zimbabwe's Hamilton Masakadza, left with wicket keeper Kumar Sangakkara , center during the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup match between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

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COLOMBO : 07/10/2012 : Sri Lanka's bowler Ajantha Mendis celebrates after dismissing West Indies's batsman Andre Russell during the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup's final match between Sri Lanka and West Indies at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo on October 07, 2012.---Photo: K.R. Deepak

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India's Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates after taking the wicket of Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan, not seen, during their third Twenty20 cricket match in Vishakapatnam, India, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath, left, celebrates with his teammates the wicket of New Zealand's captain Brendon McCullum during their ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup match in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Monday, March 31, 2014. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

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Sri Lanka's bowler Lasith Malinga, right, celebrates after taking the wicket of England's batsman Alex Hales, left, during the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup Super Eight match in Pallekele, Sri Lanka, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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Sri Lanka's bowler Ajantha Mendis, right celebrates dismissal of Zimbabwe's Hamilton Masakadza, left with wicket keeper Kumar Sangakkara , center during the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup match between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)