India and England are playing their fourth Twenty20 encounter in Pune, when Saqib Mahmood broke the back of the Indian batting. Saqib of England bowled a wicket maiden over in the opening over of his debut T20 international match against India. This right-handed bowler made history with this. He took an action that had never been taken before.
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The England cricket team made an important change in Friday’s fourth Twenty20 match against India in Pune. Saqib Mahmood was given a chance in Mark Wood’s place after the latter was shown the way out in this match. Saqib is playing his first Twenty20 match against India, and in the opening over, the right-handed fast bowler dealt India a serious blow.
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Every bowler’s dream is what Saqib achieved in his first over. In this over, he took three wickets. Not just this. In this over, Saqib did not concede a single run. This was his first over.
Hunted like this
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Sanju Samson, who was having trouble scoring runs in this series, was shown the way to the pavilion by Saqib on the first ball of the over. Sanju was hit by a short ball once more. Saqib was removed by Byrden Cars at deep square leg after bowling a short ball to this right-handed batsman. Saqib led in-form batsman Tilak Verma to the pavilion on the very next delivery. Jofra Archer, who was positioned there, caught Saqib’s ball outside the off stump without making a mistake as it took the edge of Tilak’s bat and headed towards the third man.
Saqib led India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav to the pavilion on the final ball of the over. Suryakumar left this time because of the attacking field. Suryakumar, Butler had taken a short midwicket. Here, Suryakumar flicked the ball, which struck his foot and caused Cars to catch it. In this over, Saqib did not concede a single run. He took a wicket on the second ball in addition to the first and last balls.
Sanju and Surya disappointed
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Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav have disappointed Team India the most in this series. Sanju has not yet been at his best. In four games, he has failed to reach even one half-century. Suryakumar is in the same position. During this series, this great T20 batsman has appeared absolutely colorless. Suryakumar has failed to score more than 20 runs.
created history
In his first T20 international over, Saqib became the first bowler from England to take three wickets. He achieved this feat against India, making him the first bowler from any team to do so.