Arshdeep Singh entered his name in the history books on Friday, September 19, by becoming the fastest pacer in the world to take 100 wickets in T20Is. The 26-year-old left-arm pacer from Punjab broke Rizwan Butt’s record. Butt picked up his 100th T20I wicket for Bahrain in his 66th match.
Arshdeep opened his wicket account for India against Oman on the first ball of the 20th over. Rinku Singh completed Vinayak Shukla’s catch to help Arshdeep break the record.
Fastest pacers to take 100 wickets in T20Is
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES |
| Arshdeep Singh | India | 64* |
| Rizwan Butt | Bahrain | 66 |
| Haris Rauf | Pakistan | 71 |
| Mark Adair | Ireland | 72 |
| Bilal Khan | Oman | 72 |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | Pakistan | 74 |
| Junaid Siddique | UAE | 74 |
| Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | 76 |
| Karan Khatri Chhetri | Nepal | 80 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | Bangladesh | 81 |
The overall record of being the fastest bowler in the world to take 100 wickets in T20Is is in the name of Rashid Khan. Rashid picked up his 100th T20I wicket in the 53rd match.
Fastest bowlers to take 100 wickets in T20Is
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES |
| Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 53 |
| Sandeep Lamichhane | Nepal | 54 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | Sri Lanka | 63 |
| Arshdeep Singh | India | 64* |
| Rizwan Butt | Bahrain | 66 |
| Haris Rauf | Pakistan | 71 |
| Ehsan Khan | Hong Kong | 71 |
| Mark Adair | Ireland | 72 |
| Bilal Khan | Oman | 72 |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | Pakistan | 74 |
| Junaid Siddique | UAE | 74 |
The wicket of Vinayak also
helped Arshdeep become the first Indian bowler in the world to take 100 wickets in T20Is.
Most wickets for India in T20Is
| BOWLER | MATCHES | WICKETS | BEST FIGURES |
| Arshdeep Singh | 64 | 100* | 4/9 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 80 | 96 | 6/25 |
| Hardik Pandya | 117 | 96* | 4/16 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 72 | 92 | 3/7 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 87 | 90 | 5/4 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 43 | 77* | 5/17 |
| Axar Patel | 74 | 74 | 3/9 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 65 | 72 | 4/8 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 42 | 61 | 4/13 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 74 | 54 | 3/15 |
For India, apart from Arshdeep, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav and Harshit Rana picked up one wicket each on Friday in Abu Dhabi. The wicket of Hammad Mirza, who was also caught by Rinku, helped Pandya take his tally of wickets to 96 in T20Is. He has now equalled Yuzvendra Chahal’s tally to become India’s joint second-highest wicket-taker in the 20-over format of the game.
Chahal has played 80 T20Is so far and dismissed 96 batters, whereas the match between India and Oman was Hardik’s 117th T20I game as an India player.
