Arshdeep Singh created an unwanted record in the 2nd T20I match against Sri Lanka in Pune. The left-arm pacer is now the 2nd bowler from a full member nation of ICC, after Hamish Rutherford, to bowl 5 no-balls in a T20I.
Arshdeep bowled only 2 overs in the match and went for 37 runs in his spell as Sri Lanka put 206 on the board in the first inning of the match. With his final no-ball in the penultimate over of the inning, Arshdeep bowled his 14th no-ball of his T20I career. He went past Hasan Ali of Pakistan to become the bowler with the most no-ball bowled in T20I cricket.
Not only that, Arshdeep is now the only bowler to ball a hat-trick of no-balls in T20 international cricket. In the second over of the inning, Arshdeep bowled three no-balls on taught. Earlier, Arshdeep also had bowled three no-balls in a single T20I inning as well.
In this match, this is the highest number of no balls the Indian team bowled in a T20 International match. Before that, Indian bowlers had bowled four no-balls against Ireland in Dublin in 2022.
Arshdeep Singh | Bowlers with the most no-balls in T20I cricket
Most no-balls bowled in T20I career:
14 - Arshdeep Singh
11 - Hasan Ali
11 - Keemo Paul
11 - Oshane Thomas
10 - Richard Ngarava