Who is Richard Gleason, 34, who wreaked havoc in the second T20 against India

Birmingham: England gave 34-year-old fast bowler Richard Gleason a debut opportunity in their XI against India on Saturday. Gleason, who plays domestic cricket for Lancashire, included after his recent stellar performances in domestic cricket. He made a great start living up to the trust reposed by the selectors. In 4 overs, Richard Gleason took 3 wickets for 15 runs including 1 maiden.

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Rohit Sharma becomes Richard Gleason first victim

Richard Gleason hunted Rohit Sharma, considered one of the best T20 batsmen in the world, in the fifth ball of the first over of his international career. Rohit caught behind the wicket by Jos Buttler after playing an innings of 31 runs in 20 balls. After this, in the first two balls of the second over of his spell. Richard Gleason got Virat Kohli caught by David Malan and Rishabh Pant.

Rohit, Virat and Pant were hunted in 8 balls

Richard Gleason could not have had a better start in his international career. He created a stir in his international cricket by dismissing batsmen like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant in the first 8 balls. Richard Gleason’s double wicket second over was maiden.

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8 months ago had made up his mind to retire

Richard Gleason started playing professional cricket at the age of 27. His last two seasons affected by injury. In such a situation, he had made up his mind to retire 8 months ago. But after recovering from injury, he returned for Lancashire. And was the most successful bowler for his team in the T20 Blast. In such a situation. He got a call to play T20 for the national team at the age of 34 and he got a chance to debut on Saturday.

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Such has been the performance in T20

Richard Gleason took 73 wickets in 66 T20 matches played at an average of 23.58. And economy of 7.96 before the first T20 match of his career played on Saturday. His best performance in a match was 5 for 33. He has also taken 143 wickets in 34 first-class matches and 28 wickets in 21 List A matches. He made his first-class debut in 2015 at the age of 27.