Arshdeep Singh
The third T20I match played between India and South Africa was historic. In this match, Indian openers Tilak Verma and Abhishek Sharma batted brilliantly and scored a huge score of 219 runs. After this, the Indian bowlers played brilliantly and restricted South Africa to a score of 208/7 runs. For India, Arshdeep Singh took a maximum of 3 wickets in his bag. At the same time, Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets, while Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel achieved a 1-1 success.
In response to India’s 219 runs, the South African batsmen performed brilliantly, but due to some excellent bowling in the last over, Arshdeep managed to give India the victory. During this time, Arshdeep created the story. In fact, Arshdeep took 3 wickets for 37 runs in 4 overs and clinched the No. 1 crown, leaving all Indian fast bowlers behind.
As a fast bowler, Arshdeep Singh has done a great feat of taking the most wickets in T20Is 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 take up 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 for 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 chance to break Bhuvi’s record as the player to take the most wickets for India in the powerplay in T20I cricket.
Bowlers take the most wickets for India in the powerplay in T20I cricket
- 47 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- 37 – Arshdeep Singh
- 30 – Jasprit Bumrah
- 20 – Sundar of Washington
- 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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