Star India pacer Jasprit Bumrah is all set to again perform for team India in the 5-match T20I series against South Africa (India vs South Africa T20I series). In the first match of the series, which is scheduled to start today, the pace sparehead can achieve another incredible record on his individual basis.
The three-match ODI series between India and South Africa concluded on December 6th. The Indian team won the ODI series 2-1. The team now moves on to its next mission: the five-match T20I series (India vs South Africa T20I Series). This series will begin in Cuttack on December 9th. In this match, India’s star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will have the opportunity to achieve a major milestone that no Indian bowler has achieved before. What is that milestone? Let’s find out in detail.
This record Jasprit Bumrah can get in India vs South Africa T20 series
Bumrah has taken 99 wickets in 77 innings of 80 T20 Internationals so far. If he takes just one wicket in his next T20I, he will become the second Indian bowler to reach the 100-wicket mark in T20Is. Arshdeep Singh is the only Indian bowler to reach the 100-wicket mark in T20Is. He currently has 105 wickets in this format.
It’s worth noting that Bumrah has already reached the 100-wicket mark for India in both Test and ODI formats. He has 234 wickets in 99 innings across 52 Test matches. In ODIs, he has 149 wickets in 88 innings across 89 matches. If he takes one wicket in the first T20I against South Africa, he will become the first Indian bowler to take 100 or more wickets across all three formats.
India’s squad for the T20 series against South Africa
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar