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IND vs SCO: Jasprit Bumrah surpasses Yuzvendra Chahal to become leading wicket taker for India in T20Is

IND vs SCO: Jasprit Bumrah surpasses Yuzvendra Chahal to become leading wicket taker for India in T20Is

IND beat SCO Highlights – Jasprit Bumrah leading wicket-taker for India in T20Is: India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah on Friday overtook Yuzvendra Chahal to become India’s leading wicket-taker in the shortest format of the game. Bumrah has now picked up 64 wickets in 54 T20I matches. He accounted for two wickets in the ongoing match […]

IND beat SCO Highlights – Jasprit Bumrah leading wicket-taker for India in T20Is: India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah on Friday overtook Yuzvendra Chahal to become India’s leading wicket-taker in the shortest format of the game. Bumrah has now picked up 64 wickets in 54 T20I matches. He accounted for two wickets in the ongoing match against Scotland in ICC men’s T20 World Cup here at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday to achieve the feat. Earlier, Yuzvendra Chahal was the leading wicket-taker for India in T20Is. Follow InsideSport.in for more T20 World Cup Live Updates.

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IND vs SCO: Jasprit Bumrah surpasses Yuzvendra Chahal to become leading wicket-taker for India in T20Is

Most T20 Wickets India – Jasprit Bumrah: Prior to the clash against Scotland, Jasprit Bumrah was one wicket behind from Yuzvendra Chahal. He provided an early breakthrough to India by removing Scotland skipper Kylie Coetzer in his second over & also equaled Yuzvendra Chahal’s record of 63 wickets in T20Is.

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Returning to bowl at the death overs, Bumrah then removed Mark Watt in the 18th over and went ahead of Yuzvendra Chahal in terms of most wickets for India. Bumrah returned with 2-10 in his 3.4 overs.

Most T20 Wickets India – Jasprit Bumrah overtakes YS Chahal

Player Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 4 5
JJ Bumrah (INDIA) 2016-2021 54* 53 193.5 8 1271 64 3/11 19.85 6.55 18.1 0 0
YS Chahal (INDIA) 2016-2021 49 49 191.3 1 1594 63 6/25 25.30 8.32 18.2 2 1

 

Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is third in the list with 55 wickets under his belt as Bumrah tops the chart with 64 scalps for India.

Most Maidens in Men’s T20Is: Jasprit Bumrah also has most maiden overs in men’s T20Is. The India pacer has bowled 8 maiden overs while former Sri Lanka bowler Nuwan Kulasekara and Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman have bowled six maidens.

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Leading wicket-taker in T20Is:

Bangladesh star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is the leading wicket in T20Is. He surpassed Sri Lankan pace legend Lasith Malinga to take most wickets in T20Is in the ongoing T20 World Cup and has picked up 117 wickets in 94 matches.

Lasith Malinga is second in the list with 107 wickets in 84 matches while New Zealand’s pacer Tim Southee is not behind him at number 03 with 104 wickets in 57 matches.

Player Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 4 5
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) 2006-2021 94 93 347.3 3 2316 117 5/20 19.79 6.66 17.8 5 1
SL Malinga (SL) 2006-2020 84 83 299.5 1 2225 107 5/6 20.79 7.42 16.8 1 2
TG Southee (NZ) 2008-2021 87 85 313.0 2 2582 104 5/18 24.82 8.24 18.0 1 1
Rashid Khan (AFG/ICC) 2015-2021 55 55 207.2 1 1285 102 5/3 12.59 6.19 12.1 4 2
Shahid Afridi (ICC/PAK) 2006-2018 99 97 361.2 4 2396 98 4/11 24.44 6.63 22.1 3 0

 


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