Rashid Khan Becomes First Man to 200 T20I Wickets as Afghanistan Face Zimbabwe

Rashid Khan has done something no man has done before. The former Afghanistan captain became the first bowler to claim 200 wickets in men's Twenty20 internationals on Thursday, reaching the landmark during Afghanistan's second T20 against Zimbabwe in Sharjah. The moment came in the ninth over, when his leg-spin trapped Tadiwanashe Marumani lbw for two. It was Rashid's 120th T20 international, and it put him 39 wickets clear of England's Adil Rashid in second place on the all-time list — a gap that underlines just how far ahead of his generation he stands. The numbers behind the milestone are staggering: an average of 13.96, an economy rate of 6.13, and two five-wicket hauls with best figures of 5-3. Rashid has been Afghanistan's heartbeat since his teenage debut, carrying their attack through their rise from underdogs to a side no opponent takes lightly. He already owns the Afghanistan ODI record, having become their first bowler to 200 ODI wickets against Bangladesh in Abu Dhabi last year. Now he owns the T20I record outright too — and at 28, he has time to take it somewhere no one may ever follow.