wicket of South Africa's Marco Jansen. (Reuters photo)” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”/>NEW DELHI: India is a pacesetter Arshdeep Singh demonstrated his composure under pressure by rejecting anything dangerous Marco Jansen In the final, he helped India defend their 220-run target and register a thrilling 11-run win over South Africa at Centurion. The win gave India an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match series.
Jansen, who gave India a major scare, hit the fastest T20I fifty ever recorded against India, reaching the milestone in just 16 balls. His late blitz, including 26 runs off Hardik Pandya in the penultimate round brought South Africa within touching distance of a miraculous victory. However, Arshdeep's calm and precise bowling in the final over, where he took Jansen's wicket, ensured India retained the win.
Arshdeep finished the game with an impressive figure of 3/37 in his four overs and his outstanding performance also earned him a new milestone – becoming the leading wicket-taker among Indian pacers in T20Is and overachieving Bhuvneshwar KumarThere are 90 wickets.
Arshdeep achieved this feat in just 59 games, significantly less than the 87 games it took Bhuvneshwar to take his 90 wickets.
With 92 wickets, Arshdeep is now second overall in India's all-time T20I wicket-takers list, just behind Yuzvendra Chahalwho has 96 wickets in 80 games. Arshdeep has a chance to overtake Chahal in the final T20I match of the series to be played in Johannesburg on Friday.
Top 5 leading wicket-takers for India in T20Is:
- 1. Yuzvendra Chahal – 96 wickets in 80 games
- 2. Arshdeep Singh – 92 wickets in 59 matches
- 3. Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 90 wickets in 87 games
- 4.
Jasprit Bumrah – 89 wickets in 70 games - 5. Hardik Pandya – 88 wickets in 108 games
In the match, India posted a massive 219/6 after being sent to bat, thanks Tilak Varma's sensational century (107 from 56 balls) and Abhishek Sharma's Quickfire 50 off 25 deliveries.
South Africa's chase faltered early but Jansen's late heroics kept them in the hunt until Arshdeep's final win settled the contest and cemented his status as one of India's best T20 bowlers.
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