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Ayush Shukla bowled four maiden overs in the T20I match.
Fans also call T20 International as fast cricket. In this format, bowling even one maiden over is a big achievement for a bowler. In such a situation, when a bowler bowls all four overs of his spell maiden, it becomes one of the biggest achievements of his career. During the recently concluded T20 World Cup, we saw New Zealand’s Lockie Ferguson doing this. He bowled all four overs of his spell maiden.
Now Hong Kong’s Ayush Shukla’s name has been added to this list. He achieved this feat during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier A match played against Mongolia on Saturday, 31 August. He has become only the third bowler in the world to bowl 4 maiden overs in a match in T20I cricket.
Before Ayush Shukla, this feat has been achieved by Lockie Ferguson in 2024 and Canadian bowler Saad Bin Zafar in 2021. Zafar did not concede a single run in his quota of 4 overs against Panama. He became the first bowler in the world to bowl 4 maiden overs in a match in T20I.
Talking about the match between Hong Kong vs Mongolia ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier A, on the basis of this deadly spell of Ayush Shukla, Hong Kong team was able to bowl out Mongolia for just 17 runs. 4 batsmen of Mongolia could not even open their account and no batsman touched the double digit mark. Hong Kong chased this score in just 10 balls and registered a win.
Who is Ayush Shukla? (Who is Ayush Shukla)
Born in Boisar in Palghar district of Mumbai, Ayush Shukla established himself as a reliable player for the Hong Kong T20 team at the age of 21. He has played 34 matches in his career so far, taking 29 wickets at an impressive economy rate of 8.62.
Shukla’s potential was evident in earlier matches, especially in a spell against Cambodia in 2023 where he recorded excellent figures of 3-1-3-1. He gained further recognition during the Asia Cup 2022 when he dismissed India captain Rohit Sharma, one of the biggest milestones of his career.
