NEW DELHI:
Arshdeep Singh
has accomplished a feat that eluded all other Indian pacers against South Africa on their home turf. The left-arm bowler became the first Indian pacer to take a five-wicket haul against the Proteas in South Africa.
The 24-year-old Arshdeep was wicketless before this match despite featuring in three
ODIs
. Not only he took his maiden ODI wicket today but went on to register a first fifer by an Indian pacer against South Africa.
Arshdeep returned with excellent figures of 5 for 37 while
Avesh Khan
also chipped in with 4 wickets for 27 runs to help India bowl out the hosts for a meagre 116 in 27.3 overs in Johannesburg.
He joined an exclusive group as the fourth bowler to secure a 5-wicket haul against South Africa in ODIs. Additionally, he became the second bowler, following
Yuzvendra Chahal
, to achieve this feat in ODIs for India on South African soil.
The first one was spinner Sunil Joshi (5/6), who took a fifer against Proteas back in 1999. Then spinners Chahal (5/22) (2018 in Centurion) and Ravindra Jadeja (5/33) (2023 in Kolkata) took two more five-wicket hauls.
After taking his maiden five-wicket haul, Arshdeep expressed his happiness over the feat saying that he felt the pressure, especially considering he had yet to secure a wicket in ODIs before this performance.
"I was under a bit of pressure because I never took any wicket in ODIs before. Happy to get a fifth," Arshdeep told the official broadcasters in the mid innings break.
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