Hardik Pandya will create history, will complete a special century in T20I; Only one player of Team India has been able to do this feat

By Samira Vishwas On Dec 8, 2025

Yes, this can happen. First of all, know that 32-year-old Hardik has so far played 120 T20 Internationals for the country in which he scored 1860 runs at a strike rate of 141.01 and took 98 wickets. From here, if he takes only two wickets in the first T20 match to be held in Cuttack, South Africa or in the entire T20 series, he will complete his 100 wickets in T20 International and will become the second bowler of India to complete this special century.

Know that only Arshdeep Singh has taken 100 or more wickets for India in T20 International. This 26-year-old left-arm bowler has 105 wickets in his name in 67 innings of 68 matches. Let us tell you that the second highest wicket taker for India in T20I is Jasprit Bumrah, who took 99 wickets. Hardik is third in the list, with 98 wickets to his name.

Arshdeep Singh – 105 wickets in 67 innings of 68 matches

Jasprit Bumrah – 99 wickets in 77 innings of 80 matches

Hardik Pandya – 98 wickets in 108 innings of 120 matches

Yuzvendra Chahal – 96 wickets in 79 innings of 80 matches

Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 90 wickets in 86 innings of 87 matches

Indian team for T20 series: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubhman Gill (vice-captain)*, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar.

South Africa team for T20 series: Aiden Markram (captain), Otneil Bartman, Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brewis, Quinton de Kock, Donovan Ferreira, Lutho Sipamla, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Lutho Sipamla, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Enrique Norkhia, Tristan Stubbs.