Arshdeep Singh surpasses Bhuvneshwar Kumar with this T20I record: Details
What's the story
Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh is now the highest wicket-taker in the powerplay overs (1-6) for the Indian cricket team in T20Is. Arshdeep (48) went past Bhuvneshwar Kumar's tally of 47 powerplay wickets for India in T20Is. He attained the milestone in the 3rd T20I of the India vs South Africa 2025 5-match series in Dharamsala on Sunday. Here are the details and stats.
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Arshdeep dismisses Hendricks to attain milestone
Arshdeep, who opened the bowling for India, dismissed South African opener Reeza Hendricks for a duck in the 1st over. SA were reduced to 1/1. He set up Hendricks with two outswingers before a delivery nipped back in and trumped the batter LBW.
Stats
Arshdeep is India's most successful powerplay specialist
Arshdeep now owns 48 powerplay wickets from 68 innings at 20.08, as per ESPNcricinfo. He has bowled 418 dot balls during this phase. On the other hand, Bhuvneshwar picked 47 wickets in PP overs from 83 innings at 22.02. He bowled 655 dot balls. Jasprit Bumrah is the only other Indian bowler with 30-plus wickets in powerplay overs. He has 31 wickets at 27.77.
Overall stats
Arshdeep finishes with 2/13, races to 109 T20I scalps
Arshdeep claimed 2/13 in the Dharamsala T20I. In the 19th over of SA's innings, he dismissed half-centurion Aiden Markram. With this effort, Arshdeep has raced to 109 T20I wickets from 71 matches at 18.65. His economy rate is 8.35. Versus the Proteas, Arshdeep has picked 22 scalps from 13 matches at 17.59.