Mohammad Amir achieves another milestone in T20 cricket

Left-arm Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir has achieved a major milestone in T20 cricket.

The 32-year-old cricketer has became the third bowler from the country to take 350 wickets in the format.

The left-arm pacer, representing Antigua and Barbuda Falcons in the ongoing Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2024, achieved the feat in his side’s match against Guyana Amazon Warriors.

Amir took the wickets of Raymon Reifer and Romario Shepherd to join Wahab Riaz and Sohail Tanvir in the elite list of Pakistani bowlers to take 350 wickets in T20 cricket.

Most wickets by Pakistan bowlers in T20 cricket

• Wahab Riaz: 413 wickets in 348 matches
• Sohail Tanvir: 389 wickets in 388 matches
• Mohammad Amir: 350 wickets in 305 matches
• Shahid Afridi 347 wickets in 329 matches
• Imad Wasim: 346 wickets in 379 matches
• Shadab Khan 326 wickets in 298 matches

It’s worth noting that recently Amir also broke India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s all-time record of bowling the most maidens by a pacer in T20s.