Namibia’s Ruben Trumpelmann created history in T20 World Cup 2024, became the first bowler to do such a feat in T20I
Namibia’s Ruben Trumpelmann has etched his name in the history books with his brilliant bowling performance against Oman and created a record never before in the history of T20I cricket. Playing in their third consecutive T20 World Cup, Namibia begin their campaign against Oman in a Group B encounter at Kensington Oval, Barbados on 3 June. In the third match of the current tournament, Namibia won the toss and asked Oman to bat first. Ruben Trumpelman took the responsibility of bowling for Namibia. He dismissed Oman’s Kashyap Prajapati on the first ball of the first over. After this, he took the wicket of Oman captain Aqib Ilyas on the second ball. Ruben Trumpelmann created history in T20I Ruben Trumpelman has become the first player in the history of T20I cricket to take two wickets on the first two balls of the match. No player before him had been able to do this. A total of 2633 matches have been played in the history of T20I so far and till date such a record has never been made which has been made today by Namibia’s Ruben Trumpelman. After this, Ruben Trumpelman also took the wicket of Naseem Kushi against Oman. Let us tell you that Ruben Trumpelman made his T20 International debut for Namibia in the year 2021. He has taken 25 wickets in 28 T20I matches for the Namibian team. Apart from this, he has taken 63 wickets in 38 ODIs. He is known for taking early wickets. He also has 76 wickets to his name in List-A cricket. Talking about the match, a super over was seen in the third match of T20 World Cup 2024. This match was played between Namibia and Oman in Barbados, which was low scoring. This match was tied. Batting first, Oman scored 109 runs and Namibia’s team could also score only 109 runs. In this way, a super over was organized to decide the result of the match, in which Namibia won.