First 5 wicket haul of Junaid Siddiqui’s career

33-year-old right-arm fast bowler Junaid Siddiqui dismissed both Canadian openers Yuvraj Samra and Dilpreet Bajwa in the first spell. In the death overs, after dismissing fifty-scorer Harsh Thakar, he also took the wickets of Shreyas Movva and Saad Bin Zafar. He took 5 wickets after spending 35 runs in 4 overs. This is the first time in his career that he has taken a 5 wicket haul. Talking about bowlers from associate countries, only Ehsaan Malik of Netherlands has taken 5 wicket haul before him.

Most expensive 5 wicket spell of T20 World Cup

This is the second 5 wicket haul of this T20 World Cup. This tournament was started in 2007. So far, 14 times bowlers have taken 5 or more wickets in an innings. In this, Junaid Siddiqui’s spell is the most expensive. Earlier, the record of taking the most expensive 5 wicket haul was in the name of Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga. He took 5 wickets for 31 runs against England in 2012.

Junaid Siddiqui was born in Pakistan

Junaid Siddiqui was born on 6 December 1992 in Multan, Pakistan. He moved to UAE in 2014. In 2019 he made his international debut for UAE. Junaid has 121 wickets in his name in 88 T20 International matches. He is the only UAE bowler to take 100 wickets in T20 Internationals. Has taken 86 wickets in his ODI career of 63 matches.