NEW DELHI: Jasprit Bumrah added another milestone to his T20I career during India’s second T20I against Afghanistan at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.Bumrah opened the bowling for India with a maiden over. It was his 13th maiden in T20I cricket and helped him become the bowler with the most maiden overs among players from Full Member nations.He moved past Zimbabwe’s Richard Ngarava, who has bowled 12 maiden overs in T20Is.
Bumrah joins elite list
Bumrah, playing his 98th T20I, is now joint-fourth on the overall list of bowlers with the most maiden overs in T20Is. He is level with Thailand’s N Senamontree, who has also bowled 13 maidens in 59 matches.Kenya’s SO Ngoche is next with 16 maidens, while Uganda’s F Nsubuga and Rwanda’s Muhammad Nadir lead the overall list with 19 maidens each.However, Bumrah is the highest-ranked bowler from a Full Member nation on the list. The bowlers above him are from Associate nations.
Most maiden overs in T20Is
- F Nsubuga (Uganda) – 19 maidens in 72 matches
- Muhammad Nadir (Rwanda) – 19 maidens in 82 matches
- SO Ngoche (Kenya) – 16 maidens in 117 matches
- Jasprit Bumrah (India) – 13 maidens in 98 matches
- N Senamontree (Thailand) – 13 maidens in 59 matches
- Abdul Majid (Bahrain) – 12 maidens in 82 matches
- Richard Ngarava (Zimbabwe) – 12 maidens in 98 matches
India seal series
Sanju Samson top-scored with a 22-ball 57 as India beat Afghanistan by seven wickets to win the second T20I and take a 2-0 lead in the three-match series.Chasing 160, India knocked off the target, making 163 for 3, to win by 31 balls to spare.Abhishek Sharma cracked four sixes and two fours to make 39 off 19 balls in India’s chase, while Ishan Kishan scored an unbeaten 38 not out off 23 balls with three fours and two sixes.Earlier, Nitish Kumar Reddy (3/24) and Arshdeep Singh (2/35) impressed with the ball as Afghanistan posted 159 for eight.
