Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan became the first bowler to pick 50 wickets in T20 World Cup history during a Super 8 Group 1 match against India on Saturday at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda.
He achieved the record with the wicket of India captain Rohit Sharma in the fourth over of the innings.
Most wickets in T20 World Cup
Shakib Al Hasan: 50 wickets
Shahid Afridi: 39 wickets
Lasith Malinga: 38 wickets
Wanindu Hasaranga: 37 wickets
Saeed Ajmal: 36 wickets
Shakib is also the second most prolific wicket-taker in all T20Is, with 148 scalps in 128 matches, and second only to New Zealand’s Tim Southee (164 wickets) on that list.
It must be noted Bangladesh opted to bowl first against India. The Men in Blue are currently on 71/2 in 8.1 overs.
Lineups
Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das (wk), Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah
India and Bangladesh have played 13 T20I games against each other. India have dominated the clashes as they have won 12 of these games, while Bangladesh have won only a single match.
- Shakib Al Hasan