{"id":108370,"date":"2025-09-02T04:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T04:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/108370\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T04:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T04:40:08","slug":"rashid-khan-makes-history-becomes-leading-wicket-taker-in-t20is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/108370\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashid Khan makes history, becomes leading wicket-taker in T20Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHARJAH: Afghanistan spin wizard Rashid Khan on Monday created history by becoming the leading wicket-taker in the T20Is, surpassing former New Zealand pacer Tim Southee.<\/p>\n<p>Rashid achieved the feat during Afghanistan\u2019s clash against the UAE in a tri-series clash.<\/p>\n<p>The right-arm spinner weaved his magic with the ball, taking three wickets for 21 in his quota of four overs.<\/p>\n<p>He surpassed former New Zealand pacer Tim Southee\u2019s tally of 164 wickets on the 15th over of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on our Official\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va9kjxo6mYPLvlX1UJ43\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WhatsApp channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the help of his bowling spell, Afghanistan romped to a 38-run win over the hosts.<\/p>\n<p>Most Wickets in T20Is\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rashid Khan (AFG) \u2013 98 matches, 165 wickets<\/p>\n<p>TG Southee (NZ) \u2013 126 matches, 164 wickets<\/p>\n<p>IS Sodhi (NZ) \u2013 126 matches, 150 wickets<\/p>\n<p>Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) \u2013 129 matches, 149 wickets<\/p>\n<p>Mustafizur Rahman (BAN) \u2013 113 matches, 142 wickets<\/p>\n<p>In pursuit of the 189-run target, UAE could only muster 150 runs for 8 in their allocated 20 overs.<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad Waseem top-scored for UAE with 67 off 37 balls, hitting six maximums and four boundaries, whereas Rahul Chopra scored an unbeaten 52 off 35 balls with the aid of three fours and an equal number of sixes.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, after being put into bat first, Afghanistan posted 188 for 4 in their 20 overs, thanks to Sediqullah Atal and Ibrahim Zadran\u2019s half-centuries.<\/p>\n<p>Sediqullah Atal made 54 off 30 balls with Ibrahim Zadran scoring 63 off 40, with the aid of four maximums and three fours.<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan will face Pakistan tomorrow at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/a-sports.tv\/afghanistan-vs-uae-tri-series\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Zadran, Rashid help Afghanistan rout UAE in tri-series clash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHARJAH: Afghanistan spin wizard Rashid Khan on Monday created history by becoming the leading wicket-taker in the T20Is,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[52579,1721,45004,101,52578,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-108370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-afghanistan-uae","9":"tag-cricket","10":"tag-rashid-khan","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tim-southee","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}