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Once again the fate of the bowlers has been seen in the T20 cricket match. This time Hong Kong's fast bowler Ayush Shukla has wreaked havoc. Ayush Shukla bowled all his four maiden overs in the T20 match against Mongolia on Saturday. He became the first Asian bowler to do so. Before Ayush Shukla, only Saad Bin Zafar of Canada and Lockie Ferguson of New Zealand had achieved such a feat. Due to this dangerous bowling of Ayush Shukla, the batting of the opposing team Mongolia collapsed. Hong Kong made a record by winning this match.
Mongolia could score only 17 runs in 14.2 overs
The T20 World Cup 2026 qualifier match was being played between Hong Kong and Mongolia. In this match, the Hong Kong team won the toss and decided to bowl. Mongolia, who came to bat first, had a very bad start. The team lost its first wicket at 0 runs. After this, half the batsmen returned to the pavilion at a score of 12 runs. The entire team lost its wicket at a score of 17 runs.
The batsmen could not even touch the double-digit mark
In this match, no Mongolian batsman could reach double figures. Mohan Vivekanand scored 5 runs in 18 balls from the team's side. Whereas, 4 batsmen were out after scoring 0 runs and 3 batsmen were out after scoring 2 runs each. From Hong Kong's side, Ehsan Khan took 4 wickets for 5 runs in 3 overs and Yaseem Murtaza took 2 wickets for 1 run in 1.2 overs.
Ayush Shukla created history
Hong Kong fast bowler Ayush Shukla bowled 4 overs and all four of them were maiden. During this spell, he also took 1 wicket. He took this wicket for Mongolia's opening batsman But Yelayit Namsaraai. The first complete maiden spell of 4 overs was bowled by Canada's Saad Bin Zafar. He achieved this feat against Panama in 2021. At the same time, this feat was achieved for the second time by New Zealand's Lockie Ferguson, who recently bowled all maiden overs in 4 overs against Papua New Guinea in the T20 World Cup. During this, he also took 3 wickets.
Ayush also showed his talent against India
Ayush Shukla has played 34 T20 matches for Hong Kong so far, taking 29 wickets with an economy of 8.62. Earlier, his best performance was against Cambodia. In the match played against Cambodia, Ayush bowled 3-1-3-1. At the same time, Ayush Shukla also took the wicket of Indian team captain Rohit Sharma in Asia Cup-2022.
What was the result of the match?
In the match, Mongolia scored a total of 17 runs in 14.3 overs. In reply, the Hong Kong team won the match in just 1.4 overs. For Hong Kong, opener Zeeshan Ali scored 15 runs in 6 balls to give the team victory. While achieving this target, the team also lost one wicket.