Arshdeep broke the records of Bumrah and Bhuvi, became the first pacer of India to do such a miracle.
Arshdeep Singh
The third T20I match played between India and South Africa was historic. In this match, first Indian batsmen Tilak Verma and Abhishek Sharma batted brilliantly and scored a huge score of 219 runs. After this, the Indian bowlers bowled brilliantly and restricted South Africa to the score of 208/7 runs. For India, Arshdeep Singh took maximum 3 wickets in his bag. At the same time, Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets while Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel got 1-1 success.
In response to India’s 219 runs, South Africa’s batsmen performed brilliantly but due to excellent bowling in the last over, Arshdeep managed to give India the victory. During this time Arshdeep created history. In fact, Arshdeep took 3 wickets for 37 runs in 4 overs and left all the Indian fast bowlers behind and got the number-1 crown.
As a fast bowler, Arshdeep Singh has done a great feat by taking the most wickets in T20I for India, defeating legends like Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Arshdeep now has 92 wickets to his name in T20I cricket. Before this match, Arshdeep was 2 wickets away from surpassing Bhuvi while Jasprit was equal to Bumrah’s 89 wickets. But now Arshdeep has become the Indian fast bowler with the highest T20I wicket taker.
Indian bowlers taking most wickets in T20I cricket
- 96 – Yuzvendra Chahal (79 innings)
- 92* – Arshdeep Singh (59 innings)
- 90 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar (86 innings)
- 89 – Jasprit Bumrah (69 innings)
- 88 – Hardik Pandya (94 innings)
Now Arshdeep’s target is Yuvvendra Chahal’s record of most wickets. Yuzvendra Chahal has taken the most wickets for India in T20I cricket, 96. Arshdeep Singh is now just 4 wickets away from this figure. Not only this, Arshdeep also has a great opportunity to break Bhuvi’s record as the bowler taking the most wickets for India in the powerplay in T20I cricket.
Bowlers taking the most wickets for India in powerplay in T20I cricket
- 47 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- 37 – Arshdeep Singh
- 30 – Jasprit Bumrah
- 20 – Washington Sundar
- 19 – Ashish Nehra
- 19 – Akshar Patel
Most wickets by Indian fast bowlers
- Test – Kapil Dev (434)
- ODI – Javagal Srinath (315)
- T20I – Arshdeep Singh (92)*
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