St John’s [Antigua], December 20 (ANI): West Indies spinner Akeal Hosein wrote a heartwarming notice following his ascension to the highest of the ICC Males’s Participant Rankings for T20I bowlers earlier this week, saying that his accomplishment is a “particular one” for him.
A serious shake-up within the newest ICC Males’s Participant Rankings noticed West Indies tweaker Akeal Hosein take to the highest of the Males’s T20I Bowling record for the primary time in his profession.
The left-arm orthodox spinner climbed three spots within the rankings unveiled earlier this week to take a seat primary, displacing England’s Adil Rashid.
Basking within the second, the 31-year-old shared penned an emotional notice on his social media with a wonderful video.
“I’m not normally one to put up stats, however this one is particular. Who would have thought, huh? That the boy from the hood, the boy from Laventille could possibly be #1 on this planet,” Hosein wrote as quoted by ICC.
“No matter is or was being stated, for nevertheless lengthy I could stay at this quantity, it doesn’t matter what occurs, let this function a reminder that I did it.. That I’m #1,” he added.
Having made his debut for the Windies again in 2021, Hosein has snapped 48 wickets from 55 T20I outings for the Windies.
Lately that includes in opposition to Bangladesh within the three-match T20I collection, Hosein delivered a cheap spell of two/13 within the opening fixture. He completed the collection with three scalps from two video games. In 23 T20Is this yr, he has taken 23 scalps at a mean of 23.08, with finest figures of 5/11.
Bangladesh received the three-match T20I collection 3-0. Akeal ended the collection with three wickets in two matches, with a mean of 9.66 and an economic system charge of three.62. (ANI)
