Afghanistan star Rashid Khan has a stormy record in T20, no Indian in top-10 wicket taker
The impressive performance of the Afghanistan cricket team continues in the Asia Cup 2022. The team played a match against Bangladesh in Sharjah on Tuesday (August 30), winning by 7 wickets. Earlier, Afghanistan had also defeated Sri Lanka.
With winning these two matches, the Afghanistan team has made it to the Group-4 stage. There were two heroes of the victory against Bangladesh. These star spinners are Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Both took 3-3 wickets. With this, Rashid Khan has made a world record in his name.
Rashid Khan left Team Saudi behind
Rashid Khan has become the second highest wicket-taker in T20 Internationals in the world. In this case, he has left behind New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee. Rashid has so far taken 115 wickets in 68 T20 matches. While Tim Southee has 114 wickets in 95 T20 matches.
Unbelievable fight and an even better win! 💪
— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) August 31, 2022
Super happy to contribute tonight, we keep going on!! 🇦🇫💙👊#BANvAFG #AsiaCup2022 #AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/IjxgtPsrGB
T20 International: Shakib Highest Wicket Taker
By the way, Bangladesh’s spin all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is in the list of highest wicket-takers in T20 Internationals. He has taken 122 wickets in 100 matches so far. If you look at the list of bowlers with the most wickets, then there is no Indian in the top-10. Spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is the highest Indian bowler with 79 wickets, who is at number 15 in the overall list.
Shakib played his 100th T20 International match against Afghanistan. He is also the captain of the team. Shakib could not do anything special in his 100th match. He scored 11 runs in batting, while he could take only one wicket in bowling.
Highest wicket-taker in T20 Internationals
▪️Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) – 100 matches – 122 wickets
▪️Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) – 68 matches – 115 wickets
▪️Tim Southee (NZ) – 95 matches – 114 wickets
▪️Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) – 84 matches – 107 wickets
▪️Ish Sodhi (NZ) – 76 matches – 99 wickets
