{"id":818333,"date":"2026-10-30T05:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T05:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/818333\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T05:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T05:26:10","slug":"rashid-khan-enters-record-books-afghanistan-star-becomes-first-bowler-to-achieve-historic-t20i-feat-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/818333\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashid Khan enters record books! Afghanistan star becomes first bowler to achieve historic T20I feat | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rashid-khan.jpg\" alt=\"Rashid Khan enters record books! Afghanistan star becomes first bowler to achieve historic T20I feat\" title=\"Rashid Khan\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Afghanistan&#8217;s star leg-spinner <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rashid\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rashid<\/a> Khan scripted history by becoming the first bowler to claim 200 wickets in men&#8217;s T20 Internationals during the second T20I against Zimbabwe at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Thursday.Rashid reached the landmark by dismissing Zimbabwe wicketkeeper-batter Tadiwanashe Marumani, who scored just two runs while chasing a target of 222.The 200-wicket milestone further extended Rashid&#8217;s lead at the top of the all-time T20I wicket-takers&#8217; list. He made his international debut against Zimbabwe in October 2015 and became the format&#8217;s leading wicket-taker in September 2025, overtaking New Zealand&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/tim-southee\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Southee<\/a> during a tri-series match against the UAE in Sharjah.Most wickets in men&#8217;s T20IsPlayerMatchesWicketsAverageEconomyRashid Khan (AFG\/ICC)120*20013.996.12Adil Rashid (ENG)15317123.427.56Ehsan Khan (HKG)11916515.386.11Ish Sodhi (NZ)14216523.018.16Tim Southee (NZ)12616422.388.00Rashid&#8217;s achievement came on a memorable night for Afghanistan, who recovered from a disastrous start to post 221\/7.Omarzai&#8217;s record-breaking rescue actAzmatullah Omarzai smashed 116 off 50 balls, including five fours and 12 sixes, after Afghanistan slumped to 5\/4. He shared a 142-run sixth-wicket stand off 59 deliveries with Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, who contributed 52 off 27 balls.Rashid added a late unbeaten 25 off six deliveries as Afghanistan finished with 221\/7. For Zimbabwe, Brad Evans and Kundai Matigimu claimed two wickets each.Zimbabwe&#8217;s chase was led by captain Sikandar Raza, who scored his second T20I century, but the visitors fell 19 runs short. Raza received a warm embrace from Rashid after the match, with the two close friends having also shared a conversation before the contest.A new opening combination of Brian Bennett and Takudzwanashe Kaia made a positive start, while debutant Tafadzwa Tsiga offered Raza support. However, Ryan Burl&#8217;s early dismissal hurt Zimbabwe&#8217;s chances of building momentum.The victory extended Afghanistan&#8217;s dominance over Zimbabwe to eight successive T20I series wins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Afghanistan&#8217;s star leg-spinner Rashid Khan scripted history by becoming the first bowler to claim 200 wickets in men&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[102871,268537,1721,268539,54673,268536,101,268541,268538,52578,56,54,55,268540],"class_list":["post-818333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-afghanistan-cricket-board","tag-afghanistan-cricket-history","tag-cricket","tag-omarzai-record-breaking-innings","tag-rashid","tag-rashid-khan-t20i-wickets","tag-sports","tag-t20i-cricket-news","tag-t20i-records-rashid-khan","tag-tim-southee","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-zimbabwe-cricket-t20i"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818333","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=818333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}