T20 World Cup: Jasprit Bumrah only five wickets away from achieving huge feat for India

Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah is on the verge of breaking a huge T20I milestone for his country. Bumrah is just five wickets away from becoming India's top wicket-taker in the shortest format of the game. If Bumrah picks up five wickets in the ICC T20 World Cup, he will surpass spinner Yuzvendra Chahal to become India's highest wicket-taker in T20I cricket. Bumrah currently has 59 wickets in 50 matches, whereas Chahal has 63 wickets in 49 games. 

Ravichandran Ashwin, also part of India's T20 World Cup squad, is third on the list with 52 wickets in 46 matches. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hardik Pandya are number four and five n the list with 50 and 42 wickets, respectively. When it comes to the overall record, Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh tops the list with 115 wickets in 91 T20I matches for his country. He recently overtook Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga, who has 107 wickets in 84 games. 

India is all set to start the T20 World Cup campaign

India is all set to start its T20 World Cup campaign against arch-rival Pakistan on Sunday. The match is scheduled to begin at 7:30 pm IST and will be played at the Dubai International Stadium. Bumrah will come into the game on the back of some brilliant performances for Team India and his IPL side Mumbai Indians in the recent past. During the warm-up game against England, Bumrah bowled his full quota of overs and picked 1 wicket by giving just 26 runs. 

As far as the T20 World Cup is concerned, Sri Lanka, Scotland, Bangladesh, and Namibia have made it to the Super 12 stage after locking horns in the preliminary round between October 17 and October 22. Australia and South Africa played the Super 12 opener on Saturday, which the Aaron Finch-led side won by 5 wickets. England and West Indies played the second game of the Super 12 stage, which the former won by 6 wickets with 70 balls remaining.

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