National team’s fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has become the third cricketer to take 100 wickets for Pakistan in T20 internationals against South Africa.
In the match played in Durban the previous day, he took one wicket, surpassing his father-in-law Shahid Afridi’s record of 97 T20 international wickets. He then added two more wickets to reach 100 T20 international wickets. In this match, Shaheen Afridi took crucial wickets of Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, and Nqobizitha Peter.
Top 5 T20 Wicket-Takers for Pakistan:
- Haris Rauf – 110 wickets in 75 innings.
- Shadab Khan – 107 wickets in 96 innings.
- Shahid Afridi – 97 wickets in 73 innings.
- Shaheen Afridi – 97 wickets in 96 innings (just one step away from surpassing his father-in-law’s record).
- Saeed Ajmal – 85 wickets in 63 innings.