U19 World Cup 2024: Saumya Pandey was the highest wicket taker for India in the World Cup, took so many wickets in 7 matches.
U19 World Cup 2024: Saumya Pandey was the bowler who took the most wickets for the India Under 19 team in the Under 19 World Cup tournament. Soumya Pandey bowled very well during the entire tournament and his bowling was excellent in the final match also. Although he could get only one wicket in the final match against Australia Under-19 team, but overall he became the highest wicket-taker for India. Soumya Pandey took one wicket for 41 runs in 10 overs.
Saumya Pandey took 18 wickets in 7 matches
Saumya Pandey’s performance in bowling for India in the Under-19 World Cup tournament was consistent and on the basis of this, he did the wonders of taking the maximum number of wickets for his team. 19 year old Soumya Pandey played a total of 7 matches in this tournament and took 18 wickets in his 7 innings. However, overall he stood second in terms of taking most wickets.
Saumya Pandey bowled best against New Zealand in the 7 matches played in this tournament and took 4 wickets for 19 runs in 10 overs, while in this he also bowled 2 overs of maiden overs. In this tournament, Soumya’s average was 10.27 while the economy rate was 2.68. He did the feat of taking 4 wickets 3 times in 7 matches and bowled a total of 68.5 overs and during this he also bowled 6 maiden overs while giving a total of 185 runs in 7 matches.
Soumya Pandey’s performance in Under-19 World Cup 2024
9.5-1-24-4 vs Bangladesh
9-0-21-3 vs Ireland
10-2-13-1 vs USA
10-2-19-4 vs New Zealand
10-1-29-4 vs Nepal
10-0-38-1 in semi-finals
10-0-41-1 in the final
Soumya broke Ravi Bishnoi’s record
Soumya Pandey broke Ravi Bishnoi’s record by taking 18 wickets in this Under-19 World Cup tournament and he also became the bowler taking the most wickets from India in a single season of this tournament. He broke the record of Ravi Bishnoi who had taken a total of 17 wickets in the year 2020.
