India take on England in a five-match away T20I series, of which the first T20I has been completed on July 1, unfortunately yielding no result due to a washout.
The team in blue have played 14 T20Is on English soil, with their first coming in the 2009 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Of these clashes, 10 have come against the Three Lions, of which they have won four and lost five, with one no-result contest.
Contests between these two teams have yielded mouth-watering encounters, and this series also promises to be one with exhilarating moments. The teams have often seen individual players step up with bat and ball, turning matches around for their teams. India has seen multiple players step up with the ball on English soil, and we take a look at who leads the pack among them.
Which Indian bowler has the most T20I wickets on English soil?
All-rounder Hardik Pandya leads the way for the most wickets by an Indian bowler in India. The right-arm seam bowler has picked up 11 wickets in five matches, averaging 14.63, striking at 10.3, and bowling at an economy rate of 8.47. He has made much use of his predominantly hit-the-deck style of bowling, which suits the bounce in English conditions.
His best bowling figures of 4 for 33 in England are one of two four-wicket hauls he has picked up in the country. He played his first game in England on July 3, 2018, at Old Trafford, where he picked up 1 for 33 in an eight-wicket win for the Indian side.
His first four-wicket haul came in the third game of the series in Bristol, where he finished with figures of 4 for 38 as India chased down 199 courtesy a stunning century from Rohit Sharma. He was the leading wicket-taker in the series, with six wickets in three games at an economy rate of 8.25.
Pandya’s subsequent appearance in the country in 2022 saw him pick up his best figures at Southampton. He scored a 33-ball 51 to go with his 4 for 33 in a Player of the Match performance as India won by 50 runs. His fifth and final appearance saw figures of 1 for 29.
Pandya, still a vital cog in India’s T20I machine, is absent from the series as he recovers from a back spasm. He is comfortably above his peers in the wicket tally in England, and is followed by Zaheer Khan, with seven wickets in five matches, in second, and Pragyan Ojha, who also has seven wickets but in three matches, in third. Arshdeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi, with two wickets apiece, are the players in the current squad with the most scalps in England.
Hardik Pandya T20I bowling stats in England
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