Ish Sodhi becomes third-highest wicket-taker in T20Is: Stats
What's the story
New Zealand narrowly defeated West Indies by nine runs in the third T20I in Nelson. The win puts New Zealand ahead 2-1 in the five-match series. Devon Conway (56 off 34 balls) and Daryl Mitchell (41 off 24 balls) led New Zealand to a total of 177/9. Ish Sodhi (3/34) was instrumental in restricting West Indies to 168/10 despite a late fightback from Shamar Springer and Romario Shepherd. With this spell, Sodhi became the third-leading wicket-taker in T20Is.
Match details
West Indies chase falls short
West Indies struggled early in their innings, losing wickets at regular intervals. Duffy dismissed Amir Jangoo and Shai Hope in his first over, while Sodhi took out Alick Athanaze and Rovman Powell. Matthew Forde was Sodhi's final victim. However, a late surge from Springer (39 off 20) and Shepherd (34 off 24) kept West Indies in the game until the final over. The visitors were eventually folded for 168.
Stats
Sodhi goes past Mustafizur
Veteran leg-spinner Sodhi was named the Player of the Match for claiming 3/34 from his four overs. With this spell, Sodhi has raced to 156 scalps from 130 T20I matches at an average of 22.28. He went past Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman's tally of 155 scalps. Tim Southee (164) and AfghanistanRashid Khan (182) are now the only bowlers above Sodhi in terms of T20I wickets. Against WI, Sodhi now boasts 15 scalps at 20.73.
Duffy
50 T20I wickets loading for Duffy
Duffy, who dismissed two batters in the second over of the run chase, claimed 3/36 from his four overs. With this spell, he has raced to 49 wickets from 36 T20Is at an average of 17.53. In three T20Is versus WI, he boasts six wickets at 12.66.