Arshdeep Singh endured a nightmare spell within the second T20I towards South Africa in Mullanpur, sending down a 13-ball over – the longest in T20I historical past.
The left-arm seamer fully misplaced management of his line, spraying seven wides in a single over and struggling to execute his wide-yorker plan.
Launched for the eleventh over in his second spell, Arshdeep was hit for a six first ball and issues solely unraveled additional. Whereas making an attempt to bowl persistently broad exterior off, he missed his mark by inches a number of occasions, forcing the umpire to sign broad after broad as Quinton de Kock let the deliveries go.
By the point the seventh broad was known as, jasprit bumrah had already walked over to skipper Suryakumar Yadav for a mid-over dialogue. Within the dugout, cameras caught bowling coach Morne Morkel and head coach Gautam Gambhir visibly involved.
Though Arshdeep finally accomplished the over, it got here at a heavy price – 18 runs conceded and a brand new undesirable world document.
He grew to become the primary bowler to ship seven wides in a single T20I over. The earlier document belonged to Afghanistan’s Naveen-ul-Haq, who bowled six wides in a 13-ball over towards Zimbabwe in December 2024.
With Arshdeep’s spell, each he and Naveen now share the doubtful document for the longest over bowled by a Full-Member nation participant in T20Is – 13 balls. The chaotic over additionally impacted India tactically, triggering an over-rate penalty that prevented them from putting 5 fielders exterior the circle within the ultimate over.
SA put up mammoth 213/4
Quinton de Kock lit up the Mullanpur night time with a panoramic 90 off simply 46 balls, propelling South Africa to a commanding 213/4 within the second T20I on Thursday. The wicketkeeper-batsman hit seven towering sixes all through his innings.
South Africa’s ending surge was strengthened by quick-fire contributions from Donovan Ferreira, who struck 30 off 16, and David Miller, who chipped in with a brisk 20 off 12.
For India, Varun Chakravarthy stood out as the simplest bowler, choosing up two wickets and slowing the scoring price in patches. However the remainder of the assault had a tough outing.