Arshdeep Singh, India’s highest wicket-taker within the 2024 T20 World Cup, will probably be joined by Mohammed Shami within the upcoming T20I sequence in opposition to England, as he seems to be to surpass Yuzvendra Chahal’s file as India’s main wicket-taker in T20Is.
New Delhi: Indian pacer Arshdeep Singh will type a formidable tempo assault with the return of Mohammed Shami from a 15-month damage layoff. Each will probably be in motion in the course of the five-match T20I sequence in opposition to England, which begins at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday, January 25.
Arshdeep Singh, the highest wicket-taker within the 2024 T20 World Cup and one of the vital necessary gamers for India in its first-ever victory underneath Rohit Sharma, has turn into a bedrock of India’s T20 bowling. At 25, he has additionally made it to India’s ODI workforce for the 2025 Champions Trophy, lacking out on the 2023 Cricket World Cup.
Since his debut in July 2022, Arshdeep Singh has performed 60 matches, taking 95 wickets at an financial system charge of 8.32 and a median of 18.10. Within the November 2023 T20I sequence in opposition to South Africa, he etched his identify in historical past by turning into India’s main wicket-taker in T20Is amongst pacers.
Arshdeep Singh will get an opportunity to make historical past as he seems to be to interrupt Yuzvendra Chahal’s all-time file when India tackle England within the T20I sequence. Arshdeep wants simply two wickets to surpass Chahal’s tally of 96 wickets in 80 matches, making him India’s main wicket-taker in T20Is.
Jasprit Bumrah was awarded Participant of the Event within the 2024 T20 World Cup, whereas Arshdeep Singh shared the award for being the joint-highest wicket-taker within the event with Afghanistan’s Fazalhaq Farooqi, who claimed 17 wickets in eight matches. Within the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia, Arshdeep took 10 wickets in six video games, probably the most by an Indian, as India reached the semi-finals.