An enormous controversy involving Jasprit Bumrah broke out in the course of the first match of the five-match T20I sequence between the Indian and South African nationwide cricket groups.
The T20I sequence opener was held on the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack and premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah reached the milestone of 100 T20I wickets on this match.
Jasprit Bumrah achieves historic milestone
Heading into the primary T20I match towards the Proteas, Jasprit Bumrah had 99 wickets within the T20I format and wanted only one wicket to succeed in his century.
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He managed to realize that when he took the wicket of Dewald Brevis within the eleventh over. On the second ball of the over, Jasprit Bumrah bowled a pointy size ball to Brevis, who fell behind with a pull shot, spooned it straight up, and Suryakumar Yadav took a dolly at further cowl.
As Brevis tried to again away, the third umpire stopped him because the third umpire was checking for a no-ball. Seconds later, the tv referee declared it a authorized throw and the Proteas batsman was requested to go away.
Nonetheless, replays confirmed a distinct story. It appeared that Bumrah’s entrance foot was not behind the crease and former cricketer Robin Uthappa on air claimed it was a no-ball.
In the meantime, Bumrah claimed his one hundred and first wicket in T20I cricket by dismissing Keshav Maharaj for a rating of 0 on the fifth ball of the eleventh over.
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Watch: Jasprit Bumrah dismisses Dewald Brevis in a hundredth T20I. fan response
Increase growth, growth! 🤩😎
T20I wicket quantity 100 #JaspritBumrah! Really unavoidable👏🇮🇳#INDvSA1st T20I, reside now 👉 https://t.co/tqu4j7Svcm pic.twitter.com/MuSZfrfh3L
— Star Sports activities (@StarSportsIndia) December 9, 2025
Is not it a no-ball on the wicket of Brevis? #INDvsSA #brevis #Bumrah pic.twitter.com/UQJejEtdO0
— Richard Faasen (@RichFaasen) December 9, 2025
Bumrah has no balls #INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/RA2aAPBE7W
— Keyboard Warrior 𝕏 (@im_mumbiker) December 9, 2025
It was a no ball. Who’s that third umpire? is he blind? Jasprit Bumrah clearly went too far. dangerous referee #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/6EUBtokQZW
— BRUTU (@Brutu24) December 9, 2025
Bumrah took his a hundredth wicket off a no-ball, however no no-ball was awarded.
That is going to blow up, hehe pic.twitter.com/SmZJYBZYYb
— Prat 😼 (@pratIsACat) December 9, 2025
Jasprit Bumrah turns into first Indian to realize this milestone
Bumrah grew to become the second Indian to succeed in triple digits in T20I cricket after Arshdeep Singh to succeed in 100 wickets in T20 internationals.
He additionally grew to become the primary Indian and fifth cricketer after Tim Southee, Shakib Al Hasan, Lasith Malinga and Shaheen Afridi to succeed in 100 wickets in every of the three codecs of worldwide cricket.
| participant | take a look at wicket | ODI wicket | T20I wicket |
| Tim Southey | 391 | 221 | 164 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 246 | 317 | 149 |
| Shaheen Afridi | 116 | 131 | 118 |
| Lasith Malinga | 101 | 338 | 107 |
| jasprit bumrah | 234 | 149 | 101* |
