The first match of the T20 series between India and Ireland was memorable for many Indian players. Hardik Pandya captained for the first time in this match, while Umran Malik played the first match for Team India.
At the same time, Bhuvneshwar Kumar also made this match special with his performance. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took a wicket in the very first over against Ireland and became the highest wicket-taker in the powerplay in T20 cricket. In this case, he left behind Tim Southee of New Zealand and Samuel Badree of West Indies.
Now Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s eyes will be on breaking the record of Sohail Tanveer of Pakistan. Sohail Tanveer has already taken 36 wickets in the first over in T20 and Bhuvneshwar Kumar has taken 32 wickets in the first over so far.
Bhuvneshwar bowled brilliantly in the match against Ireland. He gave only 16 runs in his three overs and also took one wicket. During this he also did a maiden over. Because of this, other bowlers also got wickets.
Bhuvneshwar has the most wickets in T20 powerplay:
Bhuvneshwar has bowled in 62 innings in the powerplay and has picked up 34 wickets. At the same time, Samuel Badree has taken 50 and Tim Southee has taken the same number of wickets in 68 innings. In this case, Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan is in third place, who has 27 wickets in 58 innings. At the same time, Josh Hazlewood of Australia has taken 26 wickets in the powerplay in just 30 innings.
Now look at Sohail Tanveer’s record:
Bhuvneshwar has already overtaken Mohammad Amir of Pakistan in terms of taking wickets in the first over in T20 format and now he will be eyeing to break the record of Sohail Tanvir of Pakistan.
Bhuvneshwar has already taken 32 wickets in the shortest format of cricket, while Mohammad Amir took 30 wickets. In this case, Pakistan’s Sohail Tanveer is at the fore, who has taken 36 wickets in the first over of an innings of a T20 match. Bhuvneshwar can break Sohail Tanveer’s record this year.
Most wickets in the first over of an innings in T20I:
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