Shivam Mavi: From Pragyan Ojha to Shivam Mavi, these are 5 Indian bowlers who broke the back of the opposition team on T20 debut
Top 5 best spells on Debut: Pragyan Ojha and Navdeep Saini are also among the brilliant bowlers on debut for Team India in T20. Apart from this, Barinder Sran did not play the match after that.
Top 5 best spells by an Indian Bowler on Debut: Team India’s fast bowler Shivam Mavi impressed with his brilliant bowling in the debut match against Sri Lanka. He took 4 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs. He became the third bowler of Team India to take 4 wickets on T20 debut. Earlier Pragyan Ojha and Barinder Saran had done this work. Let’s take a look at the top 5 bowlers of Team India who performed brilliantly on T20 debut.
Pragyan Ojha
Former Indian player Pragyan Ojha took 4 wickets for 21 runs in his debut match against Bangladesh. Ojha made his debut in T20 World Cup 2009. He took the wickets of Junaid Siddique, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah and Mashrafe Mortaza. He was also adjudged Player of the Match. India won the match by 25 runs.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bhuvneshwar Kumar made a memorable start to his T20I career in 2012. He troubled the Pakistani batsmen a lot with his swing bowling. In his debut match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3/9 in four overs. Got the wickets of Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shahzad and Umar Akmal. Even after this brilliant bowling, India lost the match by five wickets.
year | bowler | opposition team | bowling figure |
2009 | Pragyan Ojha | Bangladesh | 4 wickets for 21 runs |
2012 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Pakistan | 3 wickets for 9 runs |
2016 | Barinder Saran | Zimbabwe | 4 wickets for 10 runs |
2019 | Navdeep Saini | West Indies | 3 wickets for 17 runs |
2022 | Shivam Mavi | Sri Lanka | 4 wickets for 22 runs |
Barinder Saran
The record of best bowling on T20 debut for India is in the name of Barinder Sran. He made his T20 debut against Zimbabwe in the year 2016 and took 4 wickets for 10 runs. He was adjudged player of the match. Sran took the wickets of Chamu Chibhabha, Hamilton Masakadza, Sikandar Raza and Tinotenda Mutombodji. The surprising thing is that he did not play after this match.
Navdeep Saini
Fast bowler Navdeep Saini made his T20I debut for Team India in August 2019 against West Indies. He troubled the West Indies players a lot with his pace in Florida. Saini bowled four overs, one of which was a maiden. He dismissed Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard and Shimron Hetmyer for just 17 runs in his four-over spell. India won this match by four wickets.
Shivam Mavi
Pacer Shivam Mavi became the third Indian bowler to take a four-wicket haul in his T20 debut against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. Playing at the Wankhede Stadium, Mavi took 4/22. Due to which Team India won by 2 runs. Mavi’s four wickets were Pathum Nissanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga and Mahesh Tikshna.