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India National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: Pace ace Jasprit Bumrah on Tuesday engraved his name in the history book as he became the first Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. 

Bumrah achieved the landmark during the first T20I against South Africa in Cuttack, where he picked up his first wicket of the match on the second ball of the 11th over, dismissing Dewald Brevis.

Now in 81 matches, the speedster stands at 101 wickets at an average of 17.92 and an economy rate of 6.35, with best figures of 3/7. He is also the second-highest-wicket-taker for India behind Arshdeep Singh (107 wickets in 69 matches) in T20I cricket.

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Since breaking into international folds for India in 2016, Bumrah has scalped 234 wickets in 52 Tests, 149 wickets in 89 T20Is and 100 wickets in 81 T20I matches.

Here are India’s highest wicket-takers in T20Is:

Arshdeep Singh - 107 wickets

Jasprit Bumrah - 101 wickets

Hardik Pandya - 99 wickets

Yuzvendra Chahal - 96 wickets

Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 90 wickets

He also joined the elite list of bowlers, Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga, New Zealand's Tim Southee, Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib al Hasan and Pakistan left-armer Shaheen Shah Afridi as the fifth bowler to take at least 100 wickets across all formats.

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Bowlers with 100 wickets in all three international formats:

Tim Southee - (Test 391, ODI 221, T20I 164)

Shakib Al Hasan - (Test 246, ODI 317, T20I 149)

Lasith Malinga - (Test 101, ODI 338, T20I 107)

Shaheen Afridi - (Test 121, ODI 135, T20I 126)

Jasprit Bumrah - (Test 234, ODI 149, T20I 101)

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