Arshdeep Singh completes massive milestone with wicket off his final ball in NZ vs IND 2026 4th T20I [Watch]

Team India pacer Arshdeep Singh achieved a massive milestone with a wicket in the fourth T20I against New Zealand. Batting first, the hosts put up a gigantic total of 259/7 in Auckland.

Arshdeep Singh did not take a wicket until he picked one on the last ball of his spell. On the last ball of the 19th over, the left-arm pacer dismissed opposition skipper Mitchell Santner for five runs off six balls. He bowled a full delivery outside the off stump as Santner reached out to play a lofted drive. As he sliced it straight to sweeper cover, Nitish Kumar Reddy judged it well and took a sharp catch on the boundary line.

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Arshdeep ended with figures of 1/38 from four overs. His economy rate of 9.5 was the best among all Indian bowlers. With this scalp, he became the first Indian bowler to pick 150 wickets in T20Is. In 103 games, he has 150 wickets at an average of 20.62 and an economy rate of 8.65, with best figures of 5/51. He has been India’s best bowler in the series so far, with five wickets from four matches at an average of 29.80 and an economy rate of 9.31.

Arshdeep Singh has had a solid year with the ball in T20Is

Arshdeep Singh has had an excellent year with the ball in T20Is. In 31 matches and 28 innings so far, he has picked up 40 wickets at an average of 25.32 and an economy rate of 9.22, with best figures of 5/51.

He had already surpassed Bhuvneshwar Kumar to become the Indian bowler with the most wickets in a calendar year in T20Is. With the wicket of Mitchell Santner in the ongoing game, he also broke the record for the most T20I wickets in a calendar year overall (among full member nations).

With 40 scalps, he went past Ireland’s Josh Little, who previously held the record with 39 wickets in 2022. Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga (38 wickets in 2024) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (37 wickets in 2022) are the other bowlers on the list.

Edited by Rishab Vm