Hardik Pandya completes 100 T20I wickets, joins elite list to complete a rare triple

DHARAMSHALA: Indian allrounder Hardik Pandya joined an elite company of four T20I stars with 1,000-plus runs, 100-plus sixes and 100-plus wickets in the format after he became the third Indian to complete a century of wickets in the shortest format on Sunday.

Pandya joined the elite company of Arshdeep Singh (109 wickets) and Jasprit Bumrah (101 wickets) to become India’s third bowler to get 100 wickets. He bowled a spell of 1/23 in three overs, taking his wicket tally to 100 wickets in 123 matches at an average of 26.78, with three four-fers and best figures of 4/16 to his name.

Pandya has now joined Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza (2,883 runs, 133 sixes, and 102 wickets in T20Is), Afghanistan’s Mohammed Nabi (2,417 runs, 122 sixes, and 104 wickets in T20Is), and Malaysia’s Virandeep Singh (3,