- Arshdeep Singh's big leap
- Historic performance in T20Is
- Seventh player to play 100 matches
IND vs NZ 1st T20 Live: The five-match T20 International series between India and New Zealand has started. The first T20 match is being played at Christchurch. Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first. As the final 11 players were announced, India's fast bowler Arshdeep Singh reached the biggest milestone of his career. He has consistently performed well. With this brilliant performance, he has now joined a special elite list. The list includes legends like Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav. (Arshdeep Singh)
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Historic performance of Arshdeep Singh
Arshdeep Singh has achieved the feat of playing 100 matches for the Indian team in the T20 format. He became the seventh player to play 100 T20 matches for India. This list includes many legends. Rohit Sharma, who retired from T20 in 2024, tops the list.
Hitman holds the record for playing most T20 matches
Rohit Sharma holds the record for playing most T20 international matches for India. He has played a total of 159 matches in the blue jersey. Apart from him, no other Indian player has played more than 150 matches so far. Second is Hardik Pandya. Pandya has played 138 T20 matches for India. He has been out of the team for a long time due to injury. Virat Kohli is third with 125 matches. Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah are also included in this list. In the current Indian playing XI, Akshar Patel is the second Indian player to play 100 or more T20 matches. However, apart from Rohit, no other player has played 150 matches for India yet.
Arshdeep Singh's T20 career
Arshdeep Singh, who played his 100th T20 International, has so far taken 145 wickets in the format. These included performances of taking five wickets once and four wickets twice. He is India's highest wicket-taker in this format. He has also taken 111 wickets in IPL. Arshdeep's T20 career continues to be impressive. He can set a significant record.
India's playing 11 for the first T20 match
India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper) Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Akshar Patel, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
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