Arshdeep Singh moves past Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar to reach the second spot on the India grand list

Seamer Arshdeep Singh became India’s second-highest wicket-taker in men’s T20Is as the Men in Blue defeated South Africa by 11 runs in the third 20-over match of the series in Centurion. In T20Is, Arshdeep has picked up 92 wickets from 59 innings at an economy rate of 8.34 and an average of 18.47. The Indian pacer is now four wickets short of leapfrogging Yuzvendra Chahal and becoming India’s leading wicket-taker in the shortest format. In the third T20I match of the series, Arshdeep Singh surpassed Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar to reach the milestone.

Bumrah has 89 wickets in T20Is from 69 innings at an economy rate of 6.27. While Bhuvneshwar has 90 wickets from 86 innings at an economy rate of 6.96.

After finishing the match, South Africa won the toss and decided to field.

Abhishek Sharma (50 runs from 25 balls, 3 fours and 5 sixes) and Tilak Varma (107* runs from 56 balls, 8 fours and 7 sixes) put up a stunning knock to set India at 219/6 in the first innings. Other men in blue batters failed to shine with the bat.

Andile Simelane and Keshav Maharaj led the Proteas bowling attack as they picked up two wickets each in their respective spells.

During the run chase, Heinrich Klaasen (41 runs from 22 balls, 1 four and 4 sixes) and Marco Jansen (54 runs from 17 balls, 4 fours and 5 sixes) played a blitzkrieg and kept the Proteas in the game. But with the help of Arshdeep, it was India who smiled in the end.

Arshdeep got the job done both with the new ball and in the death overs as he picked up three crucial wickets and gave 37 runs in his four-over command. Varun Chakaravarthy got two wickets in his four-over spell.

Tilak Varma was adjudged the ‘player of the match’ after his staggering performance with the bat.

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