Shadab Khan breaks record for most T20 wickets in calendar year
The Pakistani all-arounder Shadab Khan has surpassed the previous mark for most T20 wickets in a calendar year.
In the fourteenth game of the Big Bash League (BBL), the leg-team, spinner’s Hobart Hurricanes, defeated Melbourne Renegades by eight runs. He recorded figures of 3-20 in four overs.
The three-wicket haul enabled Shadab to surpass pacers Wahab Riaz, Haris Rauf, and all-rounder Azhar Mahmood’s tally of 60 wickets in 2019, 2022, and 2013, respectively, and achieve 61 wickets in 2022.
Shadab Khan breaks record for most T20 wickets in calendar year
During the game, Shadab claimed the wickets of Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Jonathan Wells, and Aaron Finch. In the vital 18th over of the innings, he only allowed four runs to be scored.
The Renegades were bowled out for 123 runs as the Hurricanes successfully defended the mark.
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