Before Sunday’s game, Pandya had 99 wickets from 122 matches at an average of 26.81 and an economy rate of 8.24. His best figures in T20Is are 4-16, coming against New Zealand in Ahmedabad in 2023, after making his debut in the format against Australia in Adelaide in January 2016.

At Dharamsala, Pandya reached the milestone of 100 wickets by dismissing Tristan Stubbs in the seventh over. Stubbs attempted to guide a back-of-a-length delivery pitched outside off stump from Pandya towards third man, but only managed to nick behind to wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma.

With this, Pandya has followed pacers Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah into entering the 100-wicket club in men’s T20Is.

At Dharamsala, Pandya reached the milestone of 100 wickets by dismissing Tristan Stubbs in the seventh over. Stubbs attempted to guide a back-of-a-length delivery pitched outside off stump from Pandya towards third man, but only managed to nick behind to wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma.

With the bat, he has amassed 1939 runs at an average of 28.10 and a strike rate of 141.53. Pandya, a member of the Indian team winning 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup, has also become only the fourth men’s cricketer to record the double of 100 sixes and take 100 wickets in the format. Before him, Nabi, Raza and Malaysia’s Virandeep Singh were in the elite list.