India's pace sensation Jasprit Bumrah has joined an elite list of bowlers who have taken 100 or more wickets in each of the three major formats of international cricket — Test, ODI, and T20I. Bumrah is the latest member to be ranked alongside that small number of legendary names that include Lasith Malinga, Tim Southee, Shakib Al Hasan and Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Bumrah, who was rested for the ODI series, returned to the field and made a huge impact of his comeback. After Arshdeep Singh, he is only the second Indian bowler to take more than 100 wickets in T20Is. By getting Dewald Brevis out for 22 in his third over of the innings, he reached the milestone and he also got Keshav Maharaj in the same over later to increase his wicket count.
Coming to the contest, India skipper Suryakumar Yadav urged his teammates to remain on the fearless cricket path, and was happy to see the batting depth rescuing the team against South Africa in the first T20I on Tuesday.
Hardik Pandya smashed a sparkling unbeaten 28-ball 59 as India posted 175 for six before bowling out South Africa for 74 in 12.3 overs for a 101-run win.
"I said at the toss that we were 50:50 but happy to bat. At 48 for 3 and to get 175, was great. We thought we would get to 160, but 175 was unbelievable," Suryakumar said during the post-match presentation.
India were 104 for five before making a recovery to post a fighting total.
"With 7-8 batters, there will be days when the other batters cover it up. We want everyone to be fearless and enjoy their batting," he added. (With PTI inputs)
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