Prominent Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah achieved the honor of being the Men in Blue’s second-highest wicket-taker in a single T20 World Cup.

In the T20 World Cup 2024 semi-final matchup versus England, Bumrah gave an incredible performance. Bumrah defeated Jos Buttler’s team and took two wickets to reach the landmark.

Bumrah is batting for Team India and has 13 wickets in the current major event.

Arshdeep Singh, a left-arm pacer from India, has taken the most wickets for the Men in Blue in a single T20 World Cup. In his two-over stints against the Three Lions on Thursday, Arshdeep was unable to claim any wickets. The 25-year-old is leading the T20 World Cup 2024 with 15 wickets.

After taking 12 wickets in the 2007 T20 World Cup, former Indian cricketer RP Singh is ranked third on the list.

Recalling the semi-final encounter between India and England, Jos Buttler’s team won the toss and choose to bowl first against the Men in Blue.

India dominated to a 171/7 thanks to Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav. Additionally contributing to the first innings’ action were Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja.

After taking three wickets and conceding 37 runs in his three-over performance, Chris Jordan spearheaded England’s bowling attack.

England was unable to comprehend the characteristics of the pitch during the run chase and could only manage a total of 103 in 16.4 overs. The only other notable batsmen for the Three Lions were Harry Brook and Jos Buttler.

The Indian bowling assault was spearheaded by Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav, who each claimed three wickets in their individual times to enable India win by 68 runs. Defensively, Jasprit Bumrah claimed two wickets in the 172-run target.

With South Africa and India, the two unbeaten teams, playing in Barbados on Saturday, the T20 World Cup final is essentially set in stone.