Team England star fast bowler Sam Curran has achieved a great achievement. Sam has become the first England player to play top bowling in ICC T20 World Cup history. The pacemaker in his left arm took five wickets as he bowled deadly in the second match of the Super-12 stage of the T20 World Cup 2022 in Perth against Afghanistan on Saturday. Karan is also the 10th player in the world to take 5 wickets in a match at this tournament.
Sam Curran took 5 wickets while spending 10 runs in 3.4 overs, thus Team Afghanistan went out by just 112 runs in 19.4 overs. Speaking of the greatest bowling figure in T20 World Cup history, former Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis is at the top of her game. She took 6 wickets against Zimbabwe in the year 2012 at Hambantota wicket. The former mystery spinner had spent just 8 runs in 4 overs.
England plays XI-
Jos Buttler (w/c), Alex Hales, David Malan, Ben Stokes, Harry Brooke, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.
Afghanistan is playing XI-
Hazratullah Zazai, Rehmanullah Gurbaz (week), Ibrahim Zadran, Usman Ghani, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmed Malik, Fazlhaq Farooqui.
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Q. Where is the T20 World Cup being played this time?
A. Australia