South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi broke the record for most wickets in T20Is during a calendar year in a Super 12 T20 World Cup against Sri Lanka in Sharjah on Saturday.

LIVE BLOG | South Africa vs Sri Lanka Highlights, T20 World Cup 2021: Shamsi, Miller hand SA four-wicket win over SL in final-over thriller

Shamsi scalped his 32nd wicket of the year to break the record held by Uganda's Dinesh Nakrani (2021) and Australia's Andrew Tye (2018), who took 31 wickets.

The 31-year-old World No.1 ranked bowler finished with three wickets for 17 runs.