During the fourth T20I between the hosts New Zealand and the visitors India at Auckland on Friday (30 October), Indian left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh created history by becoming the first Indian bowler to complete 150 T20I wickets.
Before the Auckland T20I, Arshdeep Singh was just one wicket away from 150 T20I wickets, as the leading T20I wicket-taker for India was hoping to end this historic wait soon. In the 19th over, Arshdeep dismissed the home skipper Mitchell Santner for five runs to complete his 150 T20I wickets and became the first Indian bowler to reach this milestone.
Arshdeep Singh: Stats and facts after completing 150 T20I wickets
Arshdeep became the first Indian to complete 150 T20I wickets.
After former New Zealand right-arm pacer Tim Southee and Bangladesh left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman, Arshdeep became the third pacer to complete 150 T20I wickets.
After Bangladesh left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman, Arshdeep became the second left-arm bowler to record 150 wickets in T20I history. In the same game, New Zealand left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner later became the third left-arm bowler to complete 150 T20I wickets.
Arshdeep became the 10th bowler to complete 150 T20I wickets.
While Arshdeep completed his 150 T20I wickets in 103 T20I matches, he became the third fastest bowler to complete 150 wickets in T20I history (by number of matches).
Fastest to complete 150 T20I wickets (by number of matches)
Player (Team) | Matches to complete 150 T20I wickets |
Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) | 92 |
Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) | 92 |
Arshdeep Singh (India) | 103 |
Ehsan Khan (Hong Kong) | 110 |
Adam Zampa (Australia) | 116 |
New Zealand won 4th T20I by record 87 runs
However, India, who have already secured the match by winning the first three fixtures of the series, suffered their first defeat of the tour. With the help of Glenn Phillips 107 off 49 balls (six fours and 10 sixes) and Michael Bracewell’s 65 off 25 balls (four fours and six sixes), New Zealand slammed 259/7 in 20 overs.
In reply, the visitors who won the toss were restricted to 172/9 in 20 overs, where Tilak Varma managed the highest score with a run-a-ball 35 with one four and three sixes, while four other batters managed 20+ scores.
Hosts New Zealand won by 87 runs to make the series 3-1 with one match yet to be played. It was the largest T20I winning margin (by runs) for New Zealand against India, while their previous record was winning by 80 runs during the 2019 Wellington T20I.