NZ vs PAK, Tim Southee ‘s world record: New Zealand’s experienced fast bowler Tim Southee has created history by taking four wickets in the first T20I against Pakistan on January 12.
Tim Southee, the first bowler in the world to take 150 wickets in T20I :-
With these four successes he completed his 150 wickets in the shortest format of cricket. He has become the first bowler in the world to take 150 wickets in T20I cricket. Before him, no one in men’s and women’s cricket has been able to reach this position. With these four wickets, Saudi has taken 151 wickets in 117 T20Is.
He achieved these wickets at an average of 22.74 and economy of 8.11. Saudi’s best performance in T20I has been taking 5 wickets for 18 runs. He has taken 5 wicket hauls a total of 2 times in this format.
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These players are included in the top 5 :-
Talking about men’s T20I, Saudi is on top in the list of bowlers taking the most wickets with 151 wickets. After him in this list, Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh, Rashid Khan of Afghanistan, Ish Sodhi of New Zealand and Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka are included in the top-5.
NZ vs PAK: The result in the first T20I was like this :-
Talking about New Zealand vs Pakistan first T20I, after losing the toss and opting to bat first, the host team put 226 runs on the board at Eden Park in Auckland. This was the highest total made by any team in this format against Pakistan.
Chasing this score, the entire Pakistan team was limited to the score of 180 in 18 overs. Babar Azam (57) was the only batsman who was successful in crossing the 50 run mark. Apart from him, no batsman could even touch the 30 run mark. Apart from Saudi, Adam Milne and Ben Sears got 2-2 successes.
