Wanindu Hasaranga in action© AFP
Sri Lanka's leading spinner Wanindu Hasaranga joined the elite list with a huge career milestone, becoming only the second Sri Lankan to take 100 T20I wickets. Hasaranga became the eleventh men's player overall and the second Sri Lankan bowler to reach 100 wickets in T20Is, only after Lasith Malinga. The leg-spinner, who is currently captaining the T20I team, accomplished the feat during the second T20I against Afghanistan in Dambulla. Hasaranga has taken more wickets than any other bowler in men's T20Is since his debut in 2019.
Malinga was the only other Sri Lankan bowler with more than 100 T20I wickets. Malinga reached the milestone in his 76th T20I, while Hasaranga did so in his 63rd, the second fastest to 100 T20I wickets behind only Rashid Khan, who did so in 53 matches in 2021.
Hasaranga, who finished with 2/19 in four overs in Dambulla on Monday, now has 101 wickets in 63 T20Is at an average of 15.36 and a strike rate of 6.78.
Sri Lanka defeated Afghanistan in the second T20I to take a 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
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