Haris Rauf Becomes Joint-Leading Wicket Taker In T20Is For Pakistan After Four-Wicket Haul

Haris Rauf - (Source:@FaridKhan/X.com)

Pakistan's seam express Haris Rauf has scripted history as he became the joint-leading wicket-taker for Pakistan in T20Is after registering a four-wicket haul in the ongoing 2nd T20I against Australia.

In the ongoing match in Sydney, Australia, batting first, put 147 runs on the board. Rauf was the pick of the bowlers after he picked up four wickets. He registered the figures of 4/22 in his quota of four overs. 

Rauf Equals Shadab Khan's Record

With the feat, Rauf equalled Shadab Khan's feat of 107 wickets to become the joint-leading wicket-taker for Pakistan in T20Is. Notably, Rauf took just 72 innings to script this milestone. Here is the complete list of Pakistani bowlers with the most T20I wickets.

• 107 Haris Rauf (72 innings) 
• 107 Shadab Khan (96 innings) 
• 97 Shahid Afridi (96 innings) 
• 96 Shaheen Shah Afridi (72 innings)

It is worth noting that Rauf, who made his T20I debut in January 2020 and he has achieved the feat in just four years. 

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Haris Rauf Registers The Best Bowling Figures in Australia By A Visiting Player In T20Is

Also, it is the best bowling figure by a visiting bowler in Australia. Here went past Nuwan Kulasekara to script this feat. Here is the complete list.

• 4/22 - Haris Rauf, Sydney, 2024 
• 4/31 - Nuwan Kulasekara, Geelong, 2017  
• 4/36 - Krunal Pandya, Sydney, 2018  
• 3/4 - Chris Woakes, Canberra, 2022 
• 3/6 - Tim Southee, Sydney, 2022, World Cup

Notably, Rauf has taken 15 wickets in this series, and seven catches have been dropped off his bowling. At the time of writing this article, Pakistan are also in trouble and have lost two early wickets that have left them crippled.

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