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Last Update: January 29, 2023, 20:00 IST
Yuzvendra Chahal dismissed Finn Allen in the second T20 match (AFP Image)
With Allen’s scalp, Chahal now claims 91 wickets in 75* matches, while veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar is second with 90 wickets in 87 T20Is.
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal became the highest wicket-taker by trapping Finn Allen in the second T20I against New Zealand. India In T20I. Chahal, who replaced Umran Malik in the playing XI for the second T20I, did not waste much time in getting his name written in the record books. The leg-spinner came into the attack to bowl the fourth over as he overtook Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the list of most T20 wickets for India in the shortest format by dismissing the devastating Allen in the third ball.
With Allen’s scalp, Chahal now claims 91 wickets in 75* matches, while veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar is second with 90 wickets in 87 T20Is. However, Bhuvneshwar has been dropped from the India team after the New Zealand tour in December 2022.
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Most wickets for India in T20Is
Yuzvendra Chahal – 91 wickets in 75* matches
Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 90 wickets in 87 matches
Ravichandran Ashwin – 72 wickets in 65 matches
Jasprit Bumrah – 70 wickets in 60 matches
Hardik Pandya – 64 wickets in 86* matches
Meanwhile, the Indian team made one change in their XI as pacer Umran Malik missed out and Chahal was included in the squad to add more strength in the spin department in the second T20I. Umran was a bit expensive in the only over he bowled in the first match of the series against New Zealand.
He said, ‘We were also thinking of batting first but bowling is also fine. It’s a new team, but we’ve talked about rising to the challenge and doing difficult things. Nothing could be more difficult in a bilateral series than to lose the first game and then have two games on the line. Looking forward to this game. We are going to make mistakes and learn from them. It is important that they come here and enjoy the game. We all should remember that we started playing this game to enjoy it, so that’s the only message I want to give to the team. It can reverse. That’s why we’ve made a change. Umran leaves, Yuzi comes in. Kulcha is back, the one a lot of people wanted to see, he is the wicket taker. The way Vashi is playing, we have three proper spinners who can squeeze in when required,” Hardik said at the toss.
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