The third T20I match between India and South Africa was historic. In this match, India’s opening batsmen Tilak Verma and Abhishek Sharma batted well and scored a huge score of 219 runs. Thereafter, the Indian bowlers bowled well and restricted South Africa to 208/7. For Team India, Arshdeep Singh took maximum 3 wickets in his bag. Meanwhile, Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets while Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel took 1- 1 success.
The South African batsmen performed well against India’s 219, but it was Arshdeep who ultimately helped India emerge victorious thanks to some excellent bowling in the final over. During this time, Ashdeep made history. In fact, Arshdeep took 3 wickets and scored 37 runs in 4 overs to claim the first place crown, leaving all Indian fast bowlers behind.
Arshdeep Singh achieved a great feat as a fast bowler by bowling out Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar Legends like (Bhuvneshwar Kumar), who took the most wickets for India in T20Is. Arshdeep now has 92 wickets in T20I cricket. Before this match, Arshdeep was 2 wickets away from surpassing Bhuvi, while Jasprit was level with Bumrah’s 89 wickets. But now Arshdeep has emerged as the Indian fast bowler with the highest T20I wicket-taker.
Indian bowlers take most wickets in T20I cricket
- 96 – Yuzvendra Chahal (79 innings)
- 92* – Arsdeep Singh (59 innings)
- 90 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar (86 innings)
- 89 – Jasprit Bumrah (69 innings)
- 88 – Hardik Pandya (94 innings)
Now, Arshdeep is targeting Yuvvendra Chahal’s record for most wickets. Yuzvendra Chahal is India’s highest wicket-taker with 96 in T20I cricket. Arshdeep Singh is now just 4 wickets away from this figure. Not only this, Arshdeep also has a chance to break Bhuvi’s record as the bowler who took the most wickets for India in T20I cricket.
In T20I cricket, bowlers took most wickets for India in powerplay format
- 47 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- 37 – Arshdeep Singh
- 30 – Jasprit Bumrah
- 20 – Washington Sundar
- 19 – Ashish Nehra
- 19 – Akshar Patel
Most wickets by an Indian fast bowler
- Test – Kapil Development(434)
- ODI – Jaghar Srinath (315)
- T20I – Arshdeep Singh (92)*
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