Arshdeep Singh: Arshdeep Singh broke Afridi’s world record, in this case became the world’s most successful T20I bowler.

New Delhi. Indian fast bowler Arshdeep Singh is an expert in wreaking havoc with the new ball. This has been seen very rarely in T20 International, when Arshdeep has held the new ball and did not take a wicket. Arshdeep also bowled excellently in the T20 International match played between India and New Zealand in Nagpur. He took wickets with the new ball and put pressure on the New Zealand batsmen in the beginning, which played an important role in India winning the match. Arshdeep Singh made a big record by taking a wicket in the very first over. He broke the record of Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi.

Arshdeep Singh took 1 wicket for 31 runs in four overs. Arshdeep dismissed Devon Conway in the very first over of the innings and with this he also broke a big record in T20 cricket. Arshdeep Singh has now become the bowler taking the most wickets while bowling the first two overs in T20 International cricket. He has taken 28 wickets in 67 innings. Earlier this record was jointly held by Pakistan’s Shaheen Afridi and UAE’s Junaid Siddiqui, who took 27-27 wickets in 87 and 75 innings respectively. This was the 12th time that Arshdeep took a wicket in the first over of the innings. However, in this matter he is currently at 10th position in the T20 format.

Arshdeep Singh broke Shaheen Afridi’s record

Arshdeep is the bowler who takes the most wickets
Arshdeep is the highest wicket taker for India in this format. Arshdeep has taken 111 wickets in 73 matches played so far. He became the first bowler to score a century of wickets for India in T20 International cricket. He achieved this feat in 2025, after which Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya joined this club. Arshdeep Singh has been one of India’s biggest match winners in this format.

India took lead in the series
Talking about the match, India won the first T20 match against New Zealand by 48 runs. The biggest contribution in this victory was from Abhishek Sharma. Starting the innings, he scored 84 runs in just 35 balls, due to which India scored a huge score of 238 runs. Suryakumar Yadav scored 32 runs and Hardik Pandya scored 25 runs. Rinku Singh batted brilliantly in the last overs and took the team to a big score. Rinku scored 44 runs in just 20 balls, which included four fours and three sixes. In reply, the New Zealand team tried its best, but remained 48 runs short of the target. For New Zealand, Glenn Phillips scored the highest score of 78 runs in 40 balls.