The Indian team is currently in Japan. Team India has reached there for the Asian Games 2026. The men's cricket competition in the Asiad will start on September 24. The team captained by Shreyas Iyer will enter the quarter-finals directly on September 28. Before this, today (22 September) the Indian team is going to face Japan in the only T20 International match. This match is being organized under the 'Sport 75' initiative to strengthen sports relations between the two countries.
The Indian team is going to play Japan for the first time in men's international cricket, due to which there is a lot of curiosity among the fans to know about the Japanese team. World cricket was once equally curious about the young sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi. So let us tell you that Japan's team also includes a talent like Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who has made a world record at the age of just 15. The name of that player is Charlie Hara-Hinze.
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What kind of world record does Charlie hold?
Left arm spinner Charlie Hara-Hinze started his international career in February 2024. He performed such a feat in his 10th T20 International match itself, which added a world record to his name. Charlie took 5 wickets for 6 runs in the fifth match of the 7-match T20 series against Mongolia. At that time his age was 15 years and 244 days. In this way, he became the youngest player in the world to take 5 wicket haul in T20 International.
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Charlie's figures are like this
Charlie, who is going to turn 18 on the 30th of this month, has so far played 38 T20 International matches, in which he has taken 47 wickets at an average of 13.06. During this period his economy has been 4.97. Charlie has taken 4 wicket haul once and 5 wicket haul once in T20I. Talking about batting, he has scored 155 runs in 20 innings. His best score is 23 runs not out.