Hardik Pandya breaks Chahal's record, Setting a record with just one wicket against Pakistan

An exciting Asia Cup Super 4 match was played between India and Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and elected to bowl. Batting first, Pakistan scored 171 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. Shivam Dubey took the highest number of wickets for India in the match, with two wickets. Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav took one wicket each. Hardik achieved a significant milestone with this single wicket.

Hardik achieved this record

In fact, Hardik Pandya has reached the second-highest number of T20 International wickets for India. He surpassed Yuzvendra Chahal, who has 96 T20I wickets. Hardik now has 97 wickets in 118 T20I matches. Arshdeep Singh tops the list with 100 wickets. He is also the first bowler for India to reach a century of wickets in this format.

Most T20I wickets for India

Arshdeep Singh - 100
Hardik Pandya - 97
Yuzvendra Chahal - 96
Jasprit Bumrah - 92
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 90

Hardik Pandya's performance

Regarding Hardik's performance in the match, he bowled three overs and took one wicket for 29 runs. Jasprit Bumrah proved the most expensive, conceding 45 runs in four overs without taking a wicket. Pakistan set India a target of 172 runs to win. After losing the toss and opting to bat first, the Pakistani team, despite a strong start, ended up losing 5 wickets and scoring 171 runs.

This was Pakistan's batting performance.

Pakistan's opening pair, Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman, scored 21 runs in 2.3 overs. Fakhar was dismissed for 15 off 9 balls. From there, Sahibzada Farhan added 72 runs for the second wicket with Saim Ayub. Saim contributed 21 runs from 17 balls to the team's total. Hussain Talat came in at number four and scored 10 runs from 11 balls, while Sahibzada Farhan added 58 runs from 45 balls. His innings included 3 sixes and 5 fours.

Pakistan lost their fourth wicket at 115. From there, Mohammad Nawaz, along with captain Salman Agha, put on 34 runs for the fifth wicket, putting Pakistan in a challenging position. Pakistan scored 17 runs in the 18th over of the innings. Mohammad Nawaz was run out in 18.3 overs. Nawaz added 21 runs to the team's account, while Salman Agha played an innings of 17 runs.