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Jasprit Bumrah is close to a record century in the first T20 against South Africa. This is not a record of century of runs but of century of wickets. He will create history by taking just one wicket, and will become the first bowler for India to have at least 100 wickets in all three formats.
32-year-old Jasprit Bumrah has taken 99 wickets in T20 International. By taking one wicket, he will become the second Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in T20, before him Arshdeep Singh has reached this figure.
Bumrah will become the first bowler to do so
Arshdeep Singh has 100 wickets in T20, but there is no Indian bowler who has taken at least 100 wickets in all formats. Bumrah is on the verge of becoming the first bowler to do so. Bumrah has taken 234 wickets in 99 innings of 52 Tests. He has 149 wickets in 89 ODI matches.
Jasprit Bumrah has previously played 3 T20 matches against South Africa, in which he has taken 3 wickets. Bumrah’s most T20 wickets are against the Australian team. See in the list against which 2 teams Bumrah has taken the most T20 wickets.
- 20- Australia
- 12- New Zealand
India and South Africa T20 squads
India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty.
South Africa: David Miller, Reza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brewis, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Marco Jansen, Donovan Ferreira (wk), Quinton de Kock (wk), Tristan Stubbs (wk), Enrique Norkhia, Lungi Ngidi, Lutho Sipamala, Otniel Bartman.
Where to watch India vs South Africa 1st T20 live?
The first T20 between India and South Africa will be played on Tuesday, 9 December. The match will start at 7 pm, toss will take place at 6:30 pm. The match will be telecast live on Star Sports channel. There will be live streaming on JioHotstar app and website.