New Delhi: Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan completed his 400th wicket in competitive T20 cricket during a T20 World Cup match against New Zealand on Sunday. The 23-year-old spinner achieved the feat by dismissing opener Martin Guptill in the ninth over of New Zealand’s innings.
Rashid Khan achieved this feat in his 289th T20 match, setting a new record. Before him, only three other bowlers have crossed the 400-wicket mark in T20 cricket. Dwayne Bravo is the first player to take 400 wickets in the shortest format of the game, having achieved it in 364 matches. The West Indies all-rounder, who recently announced his retirement from international cricket, has more than 500 wickets in T20 cricket. Bravo has taken 563 wickets in 512 T20I matches.
List of other players who took 400 T20I wickets
Imran Tahir (in 320 matches) and Sunil Narine (in 362 matches) also feature in the elite list of bowlers who have taken 400 wickets in T20 Internationals. As Rashid completed his 400 T20I wickets, the star leggie conceded 6.34 runs per over during this period and among those who played over 200 matches, Sunil Narine’s figures are better than him.
Rashid Khan had recently become the fastest bowler to take 100 wickets in T20 International in this T20 World Cup match against Pakistan.
He had broken Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga’s record (76 matches) by achieving the mega feat in just 53 T20I matches. Apart from Rashid and Malinga, Tim Southee and Shakib Al Hasan have taken 100 wickets in T20 Internationals.
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