Jasprit Bumrah has found himself with an unfortunate new record. Once considered one of the toughest bowlers to hit for sixes, Bumrah conceded runs at an economy of 11.20 in the second T20 between India and South Africa and, for the first time in his international T20 career, gave away four sixes in a single match.
Bumrah finished with 45 runs from his four overs and went wicketless. He had been fairly economical early on, giving away 17 runs in his first two overs, but things unraveled later. His third over cost 15 runs, and he leaked 18 in his final over.
In that last spell, Ferreira struck him for two sixes, while earlier de Kock and Hendricks had also cleared the ropes against him.
This comes right after Bumrah reached a significant milestone – becoming only the second Indian bowler to claim 100 T20I wickets, following Arshdeep Singh. But in the very next match, he ended up with this unwanted distinction of conceding the most sixes in a game.
Arshdeep Singh, too, endured a tough outing. India’s most successful T20I bowler was smashed for 54 runs in four overs – his second costliest spell in T20Is. His worst figures remain the 62 runs he conceded against South Africa in 2022.