A night to remember for a long time for Rajasthan Royals spinner Ravi Bishnoi. As soon as he secured his third wicket against Gujarat Titans tonight, he created history and became the youngest Indian bowler to touch the 200 wicket mark in the T20 format.
This proven spinner of Indian cricket now has more than two hundred wickets in his name. Since the beginning of Twenty20 cricket, many big names have crossed the milestone.
Ravi Bishnoi joins an exclusive club with his exploits
Apart from the youngest Ravi Bishnoi, the top list includes stars like Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Piyush Chawla, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Amit Mishra, Harbhajan Singh and Axar Patel.
Including stars from different countries would make the list comprehensive. Shakib Al Hasan (over 450+), Rashid Khan (400+), and Dwayne Bravo, Sunil Narine, and Lasith Malinga (all over 300+) are among the highest wicket-takers in T20 history.
Bishnoi is the youngest to achieve this feat
According to Cricbuzz, Ravi Bishnoi is the 19th Indian bowler to take at least 200 wickets in T20 and is ninth among spinners. Rashid Khan holds the record for being the youngest to take 200 wickets in competitive T20 cricket, he achieved this feat at the age of 23 years and 119 days.
List of most T20 wickets by Indian bowlers
Yuzvendra Chahal: 336
Piyush Chawla: 302
Ravichandran Ashwin: 301
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar: 288
Amit Mishra: 284
Jasprit Bumrah: 260
Harbhajan Singh: 235
Jaydev Unadkat: 218
Ravindra Jadeja: 216
Harshal Patel: 209
Akshar Patel: 200
A career beyond the Indian Premier League
At the time of this feat, Ravi Bishnoi was 25 years and 211 days old, and the feat was achieved in his 170th T20 appearance. He achieved this feat when he took the wicket of New Zealand international Glenn Phillips. Against Gujarat Titans, the spinner took the wickets of Sai Sudarshan, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar and Rahul Tewatia.
It is noteworthy that Ravi Bishnoi’s career is not limited to the Indian Cricket League. This leg spinner has played 44 T20 International matches for India and has taken 64 wickets in 44 innings.
In the league, before playing for Rajasthan Royals, he has also played for Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants. So far in the Indian Premier League, he has taken a total of 77 wickets in 79 matches at an economy rate of 8.21.
With the help of excellent bowling from Ravi Bishnoi, Rajasthan Royals had a narrow escape against Gujarat Titans tonight. After scoring 210 runs in the first innings, RR managed to win the match by just 6 runs as the Titans finished with 8 wickets for 204 runs.
The tension remained till the last ball of the innings before finding the winner of the contest. Big victory for Rajasthan after a tough fight in Ahmedabad.
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