India, Oct. 30 -- Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh registered his name in the record books despite the onslaught from New Zealand batters in the fourth T20I against India at Eden Park in Auckland, where the visitors suffered an 87-run defeat.

Arshdeep managed just one wicket, but it was enough to make him the bowler with the most T20I wickets in a calendar year among players from Full Member nations. The left-arm pacer dismissed New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner, who departed for 5. That wicket took Arshdeep's tally to 40 in 2026, helping him surpass Ireland's Josh Little, who previously held the record with 39 wickets in 2022. While New Zealand dominated proceedings with the bat, Arshdeep still found a place in the history books with a ...