{"id":131839,"date":"2023-03-31T12:16:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T06:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=131839"},"modified":"2023-03-31T12:16:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T06:46:10","slug":"shakib-al-hasan-surpasses-southee-to-become-the-top-t20i-wicket-taker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/shakib-al-hasan-surpasses-southee-to-become-the-top-t20i-wicket-taker\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakib Al Hasan surpasses Southee to become the top T20I wicket-taker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Shakib Al Hasan surpasses Southee to become the top T20I wicket-taker: <\/strong>During the second T20I match against Ireland in Chattogram, Shakib Al Hasan surpassed Tim Southee to become the leading wicket-taker in T20I cricket. With 136 wickets in T20I at an average of 20.67 and an economy rate of 6.8, Shakib is considered as one of the best all-rounders in T20 cricket. In T20I, he has also scored 2339 runs at a strike rate of 122.33. Shakib made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe in 2006 and has since played 114 matches, including all seven editions of the ICC Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-march-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">March 2023 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Most wickets in men\u2019s T20Is<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Player Name<\/td><td>Career T20I wickets<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shakib Al Hasan<\/td><td>136<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tim Southee<\/td><td>134<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rashid Khan<\/td><td>129<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ish Sodhi<\/td><td>114<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lasith Malinga<\/td><td>107<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shakib Al Hasan surpasses Southee to become the top T20I wicket-taker: During the second T20I match against Ireland in Chattogram, Shakib Al Hasan surpassed Tim Southee to become the leading wicket-taker in T20I cricket. 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