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Arshdeep Singh bowled lethally in India vs America T20 World Cup 2024 match. Captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl and India’s left-arm fast bowler Arshdeep stunned America. He took two wickets in the first over at the New York Stadium, dampening the spirits of the American team, which had beaten Canada and Pakistan. Arshdeep has made a great record in his name.
Arshdeep dismissed Shayan Jehangir LBW on the first ball of the match. He bowls a good length with middle stump and Jahangir misses it. As soon as the appeal was made, the umpire raised his finger. He dismissed Andreas Gauss on the last ball of the over, who scored 2 runs off five balls. Goss failed to connect properly on a short pitched ball outside the off stump. In such a situation, the ball settled and Hardik took a simple catch.
Arshdeep T20 World Cup Became the first Indian bowler to take a wicket on the first ball of the match. He is the fourth bowler in the overall list. A total of five wickets have fallen on the first ball in the T20 World Cup. At the same time, Arshdeep is only the third Indian to take a wicket on the first ball of a T20 international match. Before him, veteran fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar and all-rounder Hardik Pandya did it. Bhuvi has done this feat three times.
Bowlers who took wickets on the first ball of a T20 World Cup match
Mashrafe Mortaza (Bangladesh) v Afghanistan, 2014
Shapoor Zadran (Afghanistan) v Hong Kong, 2014
Ruben Trumpelman (Namibia) v Scotland, 2021
Ruben Trumpelman (Namibia) v Oman, 2024
Arshdeep Singh (India) vs USA, 2024
Apart from this, Arshdeep has achieved one more special achievement. He became the third bowler to take two wickets in the first over in the T20 World Cup 2024. Ruben Trumpelman of Namibia took two wickets in the first over against Oman and Fazalhaq Farooqui of Afghanistan took two wickets in the first over against Uganda. Let us tell you that Arshdeep gave only 9 runs and took four wickets in a spell of four overs against America. This is his best performance in T20Is.