DUBAI: A Bhutanese bowler has achieved an incredible milestone by surpassing the previous record for the best bowling figures in T20I cricket.
In the match against Myanmar, Yeshey Sonam of Bhutan was simply amazing, claiming 8 wickets for only 7 runs in 4 overs. His marvelous performance broke the Myanmar batting order and consequently re-established the old record books.
Myanmar came into the game with a target of 127 runs and ended up losing the match heavily by getting bowled out for 45 runs, with the major contributing factor being Yeshey’s deadly bowling.
The previous record of seven wickets taken by a bowler in a T20 International match was the highest limit of that bowler’s performance. Sonam Yeshey exceeded the limit by taking eight wickets thus being the first to set a new global benchmark in T20I cricket.
This recording has been claimed by cricket fans and analysts as one of the most extraordinary bowling performances in the history of the shortest format of the game.
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A star is born: Sameer Minhas rewrites history in U19 Asia Cup
Sameer Minhas of the Pakistan Under-19 team made his mark in the records by taking over the 13-year-old record of former Pakistan opener Sami Aslam during the Asia Cup for the Under-19.
Pakistan, in the final held in Dubai, thrice defeated their old rivals India, huge difference being 191 runs and the credit for making such a big margin by the performance of Sameer Minhas.
Sameer opened the batting, scoring a mesmerising 172 runs off just 113 balls with the aid of 17 fours and 9 sixes, which was total evenness and control of the Indian bowlers. Sameer Minhas’s exceptional performance has not only made a mark in the record books but also, to a great extent, laid the foundation for Pakistan’s success.
During the event, Sameer Minhas scored a total of 471 runs, breaking the former record of 461 runs held by Sami Aslam in the 2012 Under-19 Asia Cup and standing as the tournament’s number one scorer. In addition, Sameer’s remarkable all-round performance secured him the Player of the Tournament award.
Moreover, the explosive innings of 172 runs played by Sameer is not only the highest individual score ever achieved by a Pakistani batsman in Youth One-Day Internationals but also the highest individual score in the Under-19 match between India and Pakistan at the Pakistan end.
With this emphatic victory in the final, Pakistan was crowned the Under-19 Asia Cup champion, Sameer Minhas being the tournament’s brightest star and the future of Pakistan cricket being a bit more certain.
