Pacer Arshdeep Singh on Wednesday turned India’s all-time main wicket-taker in T20Is, surpassing leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal within the elite listing. Arshdeep achieved the feat throughout the first T20I of the five-match collection in opposition to England on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Arshdeep was on 95 wickets heading into the series-opener, only one scalp behind Chahal (96) who is just not a part of the squad. Nevertheless, he dismissed England openers Phil Salt and Ben Duckett within the first and third over, respectively.
Arshdeep achieved the feat in simply 61 T20Is, having made his debut in opposition to England in 2022.
Most wickets for India in T20Is
97 – Arshdeep Singh (61 matches)
96 – Yuzvendra Chahal (80 matches)
90 -Bhuvneshwar Kumar (87 matches)
89 -Jasprit Bumrah (70 matches)
89 -Hardik Pandya (110 matches)
In the meantime, veteran pacer Mohammed Shami missed out on making his worldwide comeback as India received the toss and elected to bowl first in opposition to England.
Shami was extremely anticipated to play his worldwide comeback sport, however the wait has now prolonged as India opted to have a bowling line-up of Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Arshdeep Singh as fast-bowlers, whereas Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi and Varun Chakaravarthy will deal with the spin-bowling division.
For England, Brydon Carse, Jamie Smith, Saqib Mahmood and Rehan Ahmed missed out on choice within the sport at Kolkata. ” Seems an excellent wicket, I am positive it is going to be an excellent match. There can be some dew round. It is an important floor, it is an honour to play in opposition to India in these circumstances.”
Taking part in XIs
India: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, and Varun Chakaravarthy.
England: Ben Duckett, Philip Salt (wk), Jos Buttler (c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, and Mark Wooden
(With IANS Inputs)
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