India seamer Arsheep Singh overtook Yuzvendra Chahal on Wednesday to become the leading wicket-taker for India in the T20Is. He achieved this feat during the first T20I match against England at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. (Match Blog | Streaming)
The 25-year-old is playing his 61st T20I for India and he took just two overs to grab those wickets. Before the match, Singh had 95 wickets under his belt and he took two more to overcome Chahal in the list, who has 96 wickets in 80 T20Is.
India captain Suryakumar Yadav opted to field first in Kolkata after winning the toss and Arshdeep Singh was given the bowl to open the attack. He dismissed the destructive batter Phil Salt in the first over to provide the breakthrough.
Then he came to bowl in the third over and dismissed opener batter Ben Duckett who looked anxious while batting and lost his wicket while playing an aerial shot. Rinku Singh took a fine catch while moving towards the boundary line.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the third on the list of India's leading wicket-taker in T20Is with 90 wickets in 87 matches. Jasprit Bumrah has 89 wickets in 70 matches whereas Hardik Pandya is fifth on the list with 89 wickets in 110 matches.
India vs England - Playing XIs
India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Dhruv Jurel, Harshit Rana
England: Ben Duckett, Philip Salt(w), Jos Buttler(c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Saqib Mahmood, Brydon Carse, Jamie Smith, Rehan Ahmed
