Tuesday , December 24 2024

Yuzvendra Chahal created history, the first Indian bowler to achieve this feat in T20 cricket

Yuzvendra Chahal created history in the 56th match of IPL 2024 on Tuesday. Chahal completed 350 wickets in T20 cricket by taking 1 wicket in the match between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals. He became the first Indian bowler to take 350 wickets in T20 cricket. Chahal achieved this feat in the 298th innings of the 301st match. On the 5th ball of the 14th over, Chahal made Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant his victim. Pant scored 15 runs in 13 balls with the help of 1 six.

Dwayne Bravo took the most wickets

Dwayne Bravo holds the record for taking most wickets in T20 cricket. He took 625 wickets in 539 innings of 573 matches. In this list, Rashid Khan (572) is second, Sunil Narine is third (549), Imran Tahir is fourth (502), Shakib Al Hasan is fifth, Andre Russell is sixth (443). ), Wahab Riaz is at 7th (413), Lasith Malinga (390) is at 8th, Sohail Tanvir (389) is at 9th, Chris Jordan (368) is at 10th and Yuzvendra Chahal (350) is at 11th.

Yuzvendra Chahal proved expensive

As far as Yuzvendra Chahal's performance in the match is concerned, it proved to be a bit costly. He bowled 4 overs and took 1 wicket for 48 runs with an economy of 12. In the 17th season of IPL, he has played 11 matches so far and won 14. Chahal has played 156 IPL matches so far in his career and has taken 201 wickets. Talking about Chahal's statistics in T20 International, he has taken 96 wickets in 79 innings of 80 matches. During this period his average was 25.09 and economy was 8.19. 6/25 is his best performance in this format.