On Wednesday, Malaysian seamer Syazrul Idrus made history by becoming the first bowler to take seven wickets in a men’s T20I.
In the first game of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier B 2023 at Bayuemas Oval in Kuala Lumpur. The cricket player accomplished the accomplishment.
China chose to bat first after winning the toss in the match. However, Idrus blasted through the batting with amazing figures of 7/8 in four overs, which also featured a maiden. And their innings only lasted 11.2 overs during which they only managed to score a meager 23 runs. He was so brilliant that Malaysia, chasing a score of 24 in 4.5 overs, destroyed China by eight wickets.
Amazingly, Wei Guolei (7 victims), Wang Liuyang (3 victims), Tian Senqun (0 victims), Chen Zhuoyue (0 victims), Wang Qi (0 victims), Xie Kunkun (0 victims), and Zhao Tianle (0 victims) were all bowled by Idrus.
Idrus smashed Peter Aho’s previous mark for the best bowling figures in Men’s T20Is with his seven-fer. In a T20I match for Nigeria versus Sierra Leone in Lagos in October 2021, the latter player recorded stats of 6/5.
Regarding Syazrul Idrus
Idrus, a right-arm medium pacer from Malaysia who is 32 years old, has played in 23 T20 Internationals so far and has taken 47 wickets at a strike rate of 10. A remarkable economy rate of 6.77, and an average of 11.34.
In a match against Vanuatu in Kuala Lumpur in October 2019, the bowler made his T20I debut. He took the captain of Vanuatu, Andrew Mansale, out for a four-ball duck. Idrus ultimately proved to be pricey, giving up 33 runs in his three overs.
As Malaysia struggled to chase down a target of 189 runs Vanuatu went on to win the game by 51 runs.
The right-arm pacer has played in two List A games in addition to T20Is. In December 2022, he faced Denmark in Kuala Lumpur for his List A debut. As Malaysia won the match by two wickets Idrus recorded stats of 1/28 from six overs. Taking the crucial wicket of Taranjit Bharaj (45).
In December 2022, he played against Vanuatu in his second List A game. He dismissed the opener, Nalin Nipiko, caught behind for a duck, taking 1/28 in six over. With 70 balls remaining, Malaysia successfully chased down 189 to win the match by five wickets.