India pacer Arshdeep Singh broke the record of most wickets by an Indian in a single T20 World Cup with his three-for against Australia in Super 8 clash on Monday (June 24).

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Arshdeep now has 15 wickets in the ongoing T20 World Cup – second most after Afghanistan pacer Fazalhaq Farooqui’s 16. The previous best in the terms of most wickets for India in an edition of T20 World Cup was RP Singh’s 12 scalps in 2007.

Thanks to Arshdeep, Australia could manage only 181/7 in 20 overs in a chase of 206 and lost the match by 24 runs.

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Arshdeep, speaking after the match, gave a lot of credit of India pacer spearhead Jasprit Bumrah for his wickets.

“A lot of credit goes to Jassi bhai because he puts a lot of pressure on the batters – he gives, what, three or four runs in an over – so batters are coming hard against me, and I just have to try and bowl my best ball and there are a lot of chances of getting wickets there,” Arshdeep said.

“On the other end they see the runs are not coming and the asking rate is going high, so they take more risks against me. [There’s a] chance always of getting a wicket there. So a lot of credit for my wickets goes to Jassi bhai.”

Bumrah himself is having a blast of a tournament with 11 wickets in six games. His economy of 4.08, is the best among all the bowlers in the tournament with 10 or more wickets.

As for the match, Arshdeep spoke about how the wind factor came into play when they made bowling plans from different ends.

“When we bowled from the end opposite to the pavilion, we got a lot of swing. From the other end, bowling against the wind… the batters were going to use the wind since the ball was travelling. So we had to look for defensive options there and not allow the wind to come into play,” he added.

India will now face England in second semi-final of the T20 world Cup in a rematch of 2022 edition semi where India had lost by 10 wickets.

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