Asia Cup: Bhuvneshwar Kumar becomes India’s leading wicket taker against Pakistan

Bhuvneshwar Kumar  registered another record where he became the bowler with the most number of wickets for India against Pakistan in T20 Internationals. He has picked 9 wickets against Pakistan so far.

Earlier, in T20 Internationals, Bhuvneshwar Kumar recorded the best bowling statistics by an Indian bowler against Pakistan. Four wickets were taken by Bhuvneshwar for a total of 26 runs, including the prized victim, Pakistan captain Babar Azam. With 13 wickets in this portion of the game, he is once again a PowerPlay threat. In 18 T20Is, he has taken 24 wickets, second only to Sandeep Lamichhane and Joshua Little.

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“Before bowling the first ball, I thought it was going to swing. There was no swing but there was a bit of bounce. We knew we had to bowl wicket to wicket, so bowling short was the plan,” he’d admit in the innings break.