Jasprit Bumrah does it again! The Indian star broke the major T20I record
Jasprit Bumrah (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Jasprit Bumrah added another milestone in his T20I career during India’s second T20I against Afghanistan at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.Bumrah opened the bowling for India with a maiden over. It was his 13th maiden in T20I cricket and helped him become the bowler with the most maiden overs among players from Full Member nations.He surpassed Richard Ngarava of Zimbabwe who bowled 12 first overs in T20Is.
Bumrah joins an elite list
Bumrah, playing his 98th T20I, is now joint fourth in the overall list of bowlers with the most first overs in T20Is. He is level with Thailand’s N Senamontree who also recorded 13 maidens in 59 matches.Kenya’s SO Ngoche is next with 16 maidens while Uganda’s F Nsubuga and Rwanda’s Muhammad Nadir lead the overall list with 19 maidens.However, Bumrah is the highest-ranked bowler from a full member country on the list. The bowlers above him are from the Associated Nations.
Most maiden overs in T20Is
- F Nsubuga (Uganda) – 19 girls in 72 games
- Muhammad Nadir (Rwanda) – 19 girls in 82 matches
- SO Ngoche (Kenya) – 16 girls in 117 matches
- Jasprit Bumrah (India) – 13 maidens in 98 matches
- N Senamontree (Thailand) – 13 girls in 59 games
- Abdul Majid (Bahrain) – 12 maidens in 82 matches
- Richard Ngarava (Zimbabwe) – 12 maidens in 98 matches
Seals of India series
Sanju Samson top-scored with a 22-ball 57 as India beat Afghanistan by seven wickets to win the second T20I and take a 2-0 lead in the three-match series.Chasing 160, India knocked down the target, making 163 for 3 to win by 31 balls.Abhishek Sharma smashed four sixes and two fours to make 39 off 19 balls in India’s chase, while Ishan Kishan scored an unbeaten 38 not out off 23 balls with three fours and two sixes.Earlier, Nitish Kumar Reddy (3/24) and Arshdeep Singh (2/35) impressed with the ball as Afghanistan posted 159 for eight.