Arshdeep Singh had dismissed Quinton de Kock for a duck in the IND vs SA 1st T20I a couple of nights ago in Cuttack. However, the tables turned around in the 2nd T20I for both the players in Mullanpur. And such miserable was Arshdeep’s wide-ball show that it even made head coach Gautam Gambhir furious.
As de Kock marched on a sensational innings in New Chandigarh, after India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and opted to field first, Arshdeep’s night went from ordinary to awful to horrendous by the time he’d completed his third over of South Africa’s innings.
Leaving the duck in the previous match behind, de Kock smoked Arshdeep for a flicked six in the first over in Mullanpur and then collected a four and a six in the pacer’s second over. Arshdeep conceded 20 runs off his first two overs, but worse was to come yet.
Arshdeep returned to bowl the 11th over and was welcomed with a maximum by the Protea opener, who tonked him down the ground.
Now, de Kock had clearly gotten into Arshdeep’s mind following the boundaries he’d been hit for. Arshdeep and Suryakumar’s plan for de Kock was certain and laid bare: bowl wider outside the off-stump, as de Kock had pummeled the majority of his boundaries on the leg side.
Though the plan was a tactically justified one, as the bowler wanted to keep the ball away from de Kock’s reach, Arshdeep’s execution was poor. In his quest to bowl a full delivery wide off the off-stump, Arshdeep bowled wide after wide after wide after…
Around one legal delivery, Arshdeep bowled six wides to de Kock, all on the off side. He finally managed to get the next three deliveries in the line and conceded only singles and twos.
But, it wasn’t all over. Now, looking to target the stumps, Arshdeep missed his line again and bowled a wide down the leg side of de Kock before completing the over with a legal ball.
Who has bowled the most wides in an over in T20Is?
Arshdeep Singh bowled seven wides in an over to Quinton de Kock, which is now the record for the most number of wide balls in an over in T20Is.
Arshdeep’s 13-ball over is the joint-most deliveries bowled by a bowler in an over involving Full Member teams. Afghanistan’s Naveen-ul-Haq was previously the sole record holder for his 13-ball over, which included six wides, against Zimbabwe in 2024.
India coach Gautam Gambhir was utterly livid with Arshdeep for the numerous wides he bowled. Gambhir was spotted shouting in frustration and anger while sitting in the dugout.
IND vs SA: [Video] Gautam Gambhir’s Angry Reaction As Arshdeep Singh Bowls Seven Wides In One Over In 2nd T20I
Meanwhile, de Kock’s blazing knock of 90 (46) on one side, India have not allowed other Protea batsmen to flourish. At the time of writing, South Africa are 164/4 at the 17-over mark. On what is a good pitch, and with dew arriving, India would back themselves to chase any target.
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