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Mohammad Amir achieves major milestone in T20 cricket

Left-arm Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir has achieved a significant milestone in T20 cricket as he became the third bowler from the country to take 350 wickets in the format.

The left-arm pacer, representing Antigua and Barbuda Falcons in the ongoing Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2024, achieved the feat in his side’s match against Guyana Amazon Warriors.

Amir took the wickets of Raymon Reifer and Romario Shepherd to join Wahab Riaz and Sohail Tanvir in the elite list of Pakistani bowlers to take 350 wickets in T20 cricket.

Most wickets by Pakistan bowlers in T20 cricket

  • Wahab Riaz: 413 wickets in 348 matches
  • Sohail Tanvir: 389 wickets in 388 matches
  • Mohammad Amir: 350 wickets in 305 matches
  • Shahid Afridi 347 wickets in 329 matches
  • Imad Wasim: 346 wickets in 379 matches
  • Shadab Khan 326 wickets in 298 matches

It’s worth noting that recently Amir also broke India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s all-time record of bowling the most maidens by a pacer in T20s.

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During the CPL clash against Barbados Royals, Mohammad Amir bowled a maiden first over while defending 177 runs.

Amir outclassed hard-hitting batter Rakheem Cornwall with his exceptional skills and did not allow the batter to score a single run off his over.

The maiden pushed Mohammad Amir’s tally in the format to 25, leaving behind all top pacers in the world, including India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar (24) and Jasprit Bumrah (22), compatriots Wahab Riaz (21) and Mohammad Irfan (20) and New Zealand’s Trent Boult (17).

In the overall list, Amir is ranked third, only behind Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan (26) and West Indies’ Sunil Narine (30).

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