Mustafizur Rahman reaches 400 wickets in T20Is, setting a record

Sports Desk
Bangladesh left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman wrote his name in the record books by becoming the fastest pacer to take 400 wickets in T20 cricket in a Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match in Sylhet on Friday.

Mustafiz, who plays for Rangpur Riders, entered the match with 399 wickets. He came close to this number earlier in the match against Rajshahi Warriors on Thursday. He needed just one wicket to reach the milestone. He achieved the feat by dismissing Sylhet Titans captain Mehedi Hasan Miraz at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.

Mustafizur Rahman reached the milestone of 400 T20 wickets in his 315th match, surpassing Pakistan’s Wahab Riaz (335 matches) to become the fastest pacer to reach the milestone.

Overall, the 30-year-old bowler has become the second fastest player on the list. He has surpassed South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir, who took 320 matches to reach this height. The list is topped by Afghan spin wizard Rashid Khan, who reached the milestone in just 289 matches.

With this achievement, Mustafiz became only the 11th bowler in T20 history to enter the 400-wicket club. He became the second Bangladeshi player to reach the milestone after Shakib Al Hasan, who achieved the feat in 353 matches during the 2022 Bangladesh Premier League.