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The wicket of Abhishek Sharma on the primary ball of India’s innings in the continuing 4th T20I helped Matt Henry achieve a singular feat in T20Is.
Matt Henry creates recent bowling record. (Picture Credit: AP)
World No. 1 T20I batter Abhishek Sharma opened the innings for India in the continuing fourth T20I match against Recent Zealand at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday (January 28) but he didn’t open his account even. Abhishek was sent back to the pavilion for a golden duck by Matt Henry on the primary ball of India’s innings within the 216-run chase. In an try and hit six on the primary ball of the innings, Abhishek was caught by Devon Conway.
The wicket of Abhishek helped Henry create a singular bowling record. The fast bowler from Recent Zealand became the primary bowler on the planet to dismiss an opposition batter off the primary ball of an innings twice in a bilateral T20I series.
Before eliminating Abhishek on Wednesday, Henry removed Sanju Samson on the primary ball of India’s innings within the third T20I played on January 25 in Guwahati.
Abdul Naser Baluch of Sweden also dismissed an opposition batter off the primary ball of an innings twice in a series, but he achieved the feat against two teams. Within the 2023 edition of the Nordic Twenty20 Cup, Naser Baluch bowled Norway batter Raza Iqbal on the primary ball of the second innings in Glostrup on May 19, after which on May 21 at the identical venue against Finland, he bowled Finland opener Peter Gallagher as well on the primary ball of the run chase.
Henry can also be the primary bowler on the planet to take a wicket on the primary ball of an innings in back-to-back T20I matches.
Phillips becomes third NZ batter to…
Glenn Phillips entered his name within the record books on Wednesday (January 28) by becoming the third cricketer from Recent Zealand to hit 100 sixes in T20Is. The appropriate-handed batter scored 24 runs from 16 balls for the Black Caps in the continuing fourth T20I against India and, during his stay on the crease at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam, scored 3 fours and 1 six for the Mitchell Santner-led side.
The six by Phillips on the primary ball of the 14th over of Recent Zealand’s innings, bowled by Kuldeep Yadav, was his a hundredth maximum within the 20-over format of the sport for the Kiwis.
Visakhapatnam, India, India
January 28, 2026, 21:57 IST
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