IND vs SA Final: Arshdeep Singh equals record for most wickets in single T20 World Cup edition

India left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh equalled the record for the most wickets in a single T20 World Cup tournament during the final against South Africa at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados on Saturday.

India’s Arshdeep Singh celebrates the dismissal of South Africa’s captain Aiden Markram. | Photo Credit: PTI

India left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh equalled the record for the most wickets taken in a single T20 World Cup tournament during the final against South Africa at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados on Saturday.

Arshdeep achieved the feat with the dismissal of Quinton de Kock, who scored a 31-ball 39, and scalped his 17th wicket of the ongoing T20 World Cup. He levelled the record of Afghanistan’s left-arm pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi, who also picked 17 wickets in this edition of the T20 World Cup.

MOST WICKETS IN A SINGLE TOURNAMENT

1. Arshdeep Singh (India) - 17 wickets in 30 overs - 2024
2. Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan) - 17 wickets in 25.2 overs - 2024
3. Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) - 16 wickets in 30 overs - 2021
4. Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka) - 15 wickets in 24 overs - 2012
5. Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) - 15 wickets in 31 overs - 2022