New Delhi: Indian fast bowler Arshdeep Singh is on the verge of breaking a massive record for India when the Men in Blue will face South Africa in the four-match T20I series starting on November 8 in Kingsmead, Durban.
The left-arm pacer can become the highest wicket-taker in T20I format in a single year. Arshdeep has played 14 T20I matches this year and picked up 28 wickets at an economy rate of 7.14. He also played a crucial role in India’s successive T20 World Cup 2024 campaign.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is currently the highest wicket-taker and has taken 37 wickets in 32 T20I matches at a brilliant economy rate of 6.98 and Arshdeep is in the second position after he picked up 33 wickets in 21 matches at an economy rate of 8.17. He has a chance to break Bhuvneshwar’s record in the upcoming four-match T20 series against South Africa.
Arshdeep will become India’s leading wicket-taker in Men’s T20Is
He is placed fourth on the list of most wickets taken by the Indian bowler in the Men’s T20I. In 56 T20I matches, the left-arm pacer has taken 87 wickets at an economy of 8.28 with two four-wicket hauls and if he manages to take 10 or more wickets in the upcoming T20I series against the Proteas, he will become India’s leading wicket-taker in the shortest format.
He needs 13 wickets to become only the second Indian cricketer after Deepti Sharma to take 100 wickets in T20Is. He has picked up 12 wickets in eight ODI matches and is yet to make his debut in Tests for India. The first T20I of South Africa series is scheduled to take place on Friday, November 8 at the Kingsmead in Durban. Gqeberha, Centurion and Johannesburg will host the remaining three T20Is of the four-match series on November 10, 13 and 15 respectively.
India and South Africa’s squad for T20I series
India’s squad: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal.
South Africa squad: Aiden Markram (c), Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Patrick Kruger, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Mihlali Mpongwana, Nqaba Peter, Ryan Rickelton, Andile Simelane, Lutho Sipamla (3rd and 4th T20Is), and Tristan Stubbs.
