Hardik Pandya create History in T20 cricket: First Indian player to achieve THIS massive milestone

Edited By : Krishnakant Kukreti | Apr 07, 2025, 11:19 PM IST

Published On Apr 07, 2025, 11:19 PM IST

Last UpdatedApr 07, 2025, 11:19 PM IST

Hardik Pandya bagged two wickets during IPL 2025 clash between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. He secured a historic feat with this match.

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Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has secured a massive feat in T20 cricket. During the match against Royal Challenges Bengaluru (RCB), Pandya completed 200 T20 wickets. He secured his name as the first Indian player to achieve a massive feat.

During the 15th over of the match against RCB, Hardik Pandya took two key wickets. He dismissed Virat Kohli in the first ball of that over, and dismissed Liam Livingstone in the third ball of that over. With that over, Pandya secured his name in an elite list.

Hardik Pandya completed his 200 wickets in T20 cricket, which is a milestone he achieved in his 291st match. Pandya became the 9th Indian player to reach 200 wickets in he 20-over format.

Hardik Pandya has also became the first Indian player to have scored 5000 runs in T20 cricket, along with taking 200 wickets. He has 5390 runs with 200 wickets to his name. Apart from that, Pandya is the 12th player in the world to achieve this feat.

Even though he secured this massive feat of 200 wickets and 5000 runs, Pandya also turned out to be quite expensive for Mumbai Indians, as he gave out 45 runs in his spell of 4 overs.

Indians with 200 wickets in T20 cricket:
Bhuvneshwar Kumar- 312 wickets, Jasprit Bumrah- 295 wickets, Harshal Patel- 248 wickets, Jaydev Unadkat- 234 wickets, Sandeep Sharma- 218 wickets, Arshdeep Singh- 213 wickets, Mohammed Shami- 209 wickets, Umesh Yadav- 202 wickets, Hardik Pandya- 200 wickets.