The 27-year-old Afghanistan skipper achieved the feat during the 16th over in the first innings when he dismissed Muhammad Arfan by a hit-wicket. Arfan made zero runs off two balls, before his wicket while trying a reverse sweep against the ace spinner.
Arshdeep Singh picked up five wickets while conceding 51 runs, which is the most expensive fifer in T20I history. Earlier, Alzarri Joseph of the West Indies had the unwanted record, which he achieved during a Johannesburg T20I match against South Africa in 2023.
India's highest T20I score against a Test playing nation is 297/6 against Bangladesh which they hit in 2024 at Hyderabad. The highest score in T20Is against a Test playing nation is by England, who smashed 304/2 against South Africa in Manchester last year.
Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya became the fifth Indian batter to complete 2000 runs in T20I cricket during the fifth and final T20I against South Africa at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday.
In a record-breaking exhibit, India once again posted its highest score in the T20I powerplay and its biggest score in the T20I format after a run-scoring blitzkrieg against Bangladesh in the final match of the series.
T20I records fell apart during South Africa vs West Indies 2nd T20I match. Both teams nearly went on to break every record held in T20I in a historic encounter. West Indies set a target of 259 for the Proteas to chase in 20 overs. De Kock and Reeza Hendricks went on to play quick-fire T20I