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When Indian cricket team fast bowler Arshdeep Singh plays in the second T20 match against England, he will have his sights set on a great record.
This star player is the fastest wicket taker in cricket. With just 3 wickets, Arshdeep Singh will become the fastest bowler to take 100 wickets in T20 Internationals. In the first match played in Kolkata, he became the highest wicket-taker for India in T20Is.
India beat England in the first T20 match played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. India’s bowlers performed brilliantly on a spot pitch and dismissed England for just 132 runs.
Arshdeep Singh took the wickets of Phil Salt and Ben Duckett and shook England’s top order early on. After this, Varun Chakraborty performed ‘man of the match’ by taking three wickets for 23 runs and broke the back of England’s batting.
Arshdeep Singh can make history: Arshdeep Singh created a huge record in the first T20 and surpassed Yuzvender Chahal to become the highest wicket-taker for India. Chahal took 96 wickets. Arshdeep now has 97 wickets to his name and can break another record in the second T20I to be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Arshdeep needs just three wickets to complete 100 wickets in the T20 format. The record for the fastest 100 T20I wickets is currently held by Harris Roofe, who achieved the feat in 71 matches. Arshdeep has played 61 matches so far, which means he has 10 more T20 matches to overtake Harris Roofe.
Fastest 100 wickets in T20
If Arshdeep takes three more wickets, he will become the third fastest bowler to take 100 T20I wickets. Rashid Khan has taken the fastest 100 T20I wickets in 53 matches. Nepal’s Sandeep Lamichhane achieved this feat in 54 matches. Wanindu Hasaranga is currently third with 100 wickets in 63 matches.