Haris Rauf Become Joint Most Wicket Taker Bowler In T20I For Pakistan: Haris Rauf has created history. He has become the joint first bowler for the Pakistan cricket team to take the most wickets in T20 International cricket. 31-year-old Rauf has achieved this special achievement by taking four wickets in the second T20 match against Australia. Rauf now has 107 wickets in his name while participating in T20 International cricket for Pakistan. Apart from him, former captain Shadab Khan, who is currently out of the team, has also taken 107 wickets. It is expected that soon Rauf will leave Shadab behind and become the first bowler from Pakistan to take the most wickets in T20 International cricket.
As per rules, Haris Rauf has left Shadab Khan behind.
If we look according to the rules, then Haris Rauf has left Shadab Khan behind in terms of taking most wickets in T20 International cricket for Pakistan. Actually, Shadab had to take 96 innings of 104 matches to take 107 wickets. Whereas Rauf has achieved this special figure in only 72 innings of 74 matches.
Haris Rauf joins Shadab Khan as Pakistan's leading wicket-taker in T20Is with 1⃣0⃣7⃣ wickets! #AUSvPAK , #BackTheBoysInGreen pic.twitter.com/mfj9MNKoYi
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) November 16, 2024
Five bowlers from Pakistan who took most wickets in T20 International cricket
107 wickets – Haris Rauf
107 wickets – Shadab Khan
97 wickets – Shahid Afridi
96 wickets – Shaheen Shah Afridi
85 wickets – Umar Gul
Rauf hunted Australian big guns in second T20
Haris Rauf once again wreaked havoc in the second T20 match against Australia. He bowled a total of four overs for the team in this match. Meanwhile, he took four wickets while spending 22 runs at an economy of 5.50. During the match, he trapped the opposition captain Josh Inglis as well as opening batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk, explosive middle-order batsman Tim David and lower-order player Xavier Bartlett.
Haris Rauf's T20 International cricket career
Talking about Haris Rauf's T20 International cricket career, since 2020 till now he has played a total of 74 T20 International matches for Pakistan. Meanwhile, he has got 107 successes in 72 innings at an average of 20.36. Here the feat of taking four wickets four times is recorded in his name. His best bowling performance in the T20 format is four wickets at the cost of 18 runs.
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