Overview
- Axar Patel claimed his 100th T20I wicket by dismissing England captain Harry Brook in the second T20I at Old Trafford on Saturday and finished the match with figures of 3 for 9 in his 98th T20I appearance.
- India posted 190 for 7 after contributions from Abhishek Sharma, Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan, but England completed the chase with Jacob Bethell unbeaten on 76 to move 1-0 ahead in the five-match series.
- Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi made his international debut for India in the same game, scoring 14 off 10 balls, highlighting ongoing selection experiments in a young T20 squad.
- By reaching 100 wickets Axar moved ahead of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav on India's T20I spin list and became only the fourth Indian bowler overall to hit the century mark after Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya.
- The milestone is notable against the global T20I context where spin leaders like Rashid Khan top the charts, and it could affect India's short-term selection and role planning for their spin bowling as the series continues.