Rashid becomes first to 700 wickets in T20 cricket

Rashid Khan has become the first bowler to get to the 700-wicket mark in T20 cricket, getting to the mark when he removed Muhammad Arfan in Afghanistan's T20 World Cup match against UAE in Delhi on Monday, according to ESPNcricinfo.

Rashid, who started the game with 699 wickets against his name, took his landmark wicket when he had Arfan out hit wicket in the 16th over of the UAE innings, which was Rashid's last.

The Afghanistan captain was made to wait for his milestone after taking his 698th and 699th wickets against South Africa last week and then delivering 3.2 overs in this match without success. He was hit for 17 runs in the 20 balls he bowled before Arfan moved across his stumps to try and reverse-sweep Rashid, but missed completely and hit his own stumps instead. Rashid barely celebrated with Afghanistan needing a win and other results to go their way to qualify for the Super Eights.

Rashid had, in any case, been way ahead of the wicket-takers' pack for a while. The retired Dwayne Bravo is in second place on the table with 631 wickets. Among active cricketers, Sunil Narine is behind Rashid - and in third place behind Bravo - with 613 wickets.