Bowler Richard Gleeson, who made his international debut for the England team at the age of 34, performed brilliantly in his very first T20 match. In the second T20 match of the series against India, he sent 3 legendary batsmen of India to the pavilion in 8 balls.
Captain Rohit Sharma took the responsibility of opening with Rishabh Pant. Both shared a 49-run partnership, which Gleason broke in his very first over. Gleason got Rohit Sharma caught by Butler on the 5th ball of his first (5th innings) over. Rohit hit 3 fours and 2 sixes in his innings of 31 runs in 20 balls fo Richard Gleeson.
Then Gleason did wonders in his second over by first sending Virat Kohli and then Rishabh Pant to the pavilion. He got Virat caught by David Malan on the first ball, then Pant was caught by Butler on the very next ball, which made India’s score 61 for 3 wickets. In this way, Gleason took 3 wickets in the first 8 balls in his very first match.
He did not play professional cricket till the age of 27
The special thing is that he did not play professional cricket till the age of 27. Moreover, he was thinking of retirement about 8 months ago due to injury. Gleason played 34 first-class matches till now and took 143 wickets at an economy rate of 3.3. He has also taken 28 wickets in 21 List A matches An He was a key member of the NatWest T20 Blast for the Northamptonshire team in 2016 and had a strong performance.
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