Oman’s Bilal Khan has set a brand new benchmark in worldwide cricket by turning into the quickest bowler to realize 100 wickets in ODIs. The milestone was reached throughout an ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup League 2 match in opposition to Namibia, held in Dundee on July 24.
Khan, a 37-year-old left-arm medium pacer, achieved this feat by dismissing three batters for 50 runs in his 10-over spell. This efficiency took his whole to 101 wickets in simply 49 ODIs, surpassing the earlier document held by Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi, who took 51 matches to achieve the identical milestone.
Khan’s achievement was acknowledged in the course of the match, with Afridi’s document being talked about as a major milestone within the recreation. Afridi had set the document in the course of the ODI World Cup 2023 match between Pakistan and Bangladesh on October 31.
The document for the quickest to 100 wickets in ODIs total is held by Nepal’s Sandeep Lamichhane, who achieved this in simply 42 matches, adopted by Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan with 44 matches. Khan now stands third, forward of Afridi and Australia’s Mitchell Starc, who took 52 matches.
Along with his ODI success, Khan has additionally excelled in T20Is, having taken 110 wickets in 79 matches. He’s now the primary bowler from Oman to surpass 100 wickets in ODIs.
The match noticed Oman safe a victory over Namibia by 4 wickets. Oman’s captain, Aqib Ilyas, led from the entrance with a high rating of 68 runs off 129 balls, whereas Khalid Kail contributed 43 runs from 55 balls.
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