What bowlers like Bumrah, Afridi, Jofra Archer could not do, Bilal Khan did it and created history
Oman cricket team’s fast bowler Bilal Khan has created history. In fact, at present, the matches of ICC Cricket World Cup League Two are being played. A match of the tournament was played between Oman and Namibia on Wednesday (24 July). In this match, 37-year-old Bilal Khan was seen in tremendous form. Bowling 10 overs for the team, he took 3 wickets for 50 runs. With this, he has become the world’s first fast bowler to take the fastest 100 wickets in ODI format.
Not only this, Khan has become the third bowler in the world to take the fastest 100 wickets in the overall ODI format. The name of Nepal cricket team’s spinner Sandeep Lamichhane comes first. Lamichhane has achieved the feat of taking 100 wickets in 42 ODI matches. After him, Afghanistan cricket team captain Rashid Khan is in possession. Khan Rashid has achieved this special feat in 44 matches.
After these two bowlers, Bilal Khan has now occupied the third position. Bilal has achieved the feat of taking 100 wickets while playing 49 ODIs for Oman. Pakistan’s star fast bowler Shaheen Afridi comes in fourth place. The young star had achieved the feat of taking 100 wickets in 51 matches.
Talking about the match played between Oman and Namibia, after winning the toss and batting first, the Namibian team managed to score 196 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs. The target of 197 runs given by the opposition team was easily achieved by the Oman team in 49.1 overs for the loss of 6 wickets. While chasing the target for the team, captain Akil Ilyas was seen in great rhythm. He played a match-winning innings of 68 runs for the team.
