CAK Rajitha of Sri Lanka earns a dubious record – becomes the most expensive bowler in terms of runs conceded in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

CAK Rajitha of Sri Lanka earns a dubious record – becomes the most expensive bowler in terms of runs conceded in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

CAK Rajitha of Sri Lanka wrote himself into records as the most expensive bowler in terms of runs conceded in the history of Twenty20 Internationals when he leaked 75 runs in the first T20I against Australia at Adelaide on 27.10.19. The following table lists the bowlers who have conceded 60 plus runs in an innings in T20Is

No Player O M R W I Team Opp Ground Date
1 CAKRajitha 4.0 0 75 0 1 Srl Aus Adelaide 27.10.19
2 T Turan 4.0 0 70 1 1 Tur CZR I County 30.08.19
3 BJMcCarthy 4.0 0 69 0 1 Ire Afg G Noida 12.03.17
4 KJAbbott 4.0 0 68 1 2 RSA Win Jo’burg 11.01.15
5 JMAnderson 4.0 0 64 1 1 Eng Aus Sydney 09.01.07
6 STJayasuriya 4.0 0 64 0 1 Srl Pak Jo’burg 17.09.07
7 AJ Tye 4.0 0 64 2 1 Aus NZl Auckland 16.02.18
8 BMWheeler 3.1 0 64 0 2 NZl Aus Auckland 16.02.18
9 YS Chahal 4.0 0 64 0 2 Ind RSA Centurion 21.02.18
10 AB Dursak 4.0 0 64 0 1 Tur CZR I County 30.08.19
11 RubelHossain 4.0 0 63 2 1 Ban Win Dhaka 10.12.12
12 MMortaza 4.0 0 63 0 1 Ban Pak Dhaka 30.03.14
13 UShinwari 4.0 0 63 0 1 Pak RSA Jo’burg 03.02.19
14 AC Kose 4.0 0 62 2 1 Tur Rom I County 29.08.19
15 LNOnyango 4.0 0 61 0 1 Ken Srl Jo’burg 14.09.07
16 SIMahmood 4.0 0 61 1 1 Eng RSA Centurion 15.11.09
17 NPradeep 4.0 0 61 2 1 Srl Ind Indore 22.12.17
18 DKegasitswe 4.0 0 61 0 1 Bots Nam Windhoek 20.08.19
19 SCJBroad 4.0 0 60 0 1 Eng Ind Durban 19.09.07
20 SZadran 4.0 0 60 1 2 Afg Ire G Noida 12.03.17

He also became the second bowler in the history of T20Is to concede 70 plus runs after T Kuran of Turkey. T Kuran had conceded 70 runs against Czech Republic at Ilfov County on 30.08.19

No Player O M R W I Team Opp Ground Date
1 CAKRajitha 4.0 0 75 0 1 Srl Aus Adelaide 27.10.19
2 T Turan 4.0 0 70 1 1 Tur CZR I County 30.08.19

CAK Rajitha became the third Sri Lankan bowler to concede 60 plus runs in a T20I. All such occasions are  tabulated below

No Player O M R W I Team Opp Ground Date
1 CAKRajitha 4.0 0 75 0 1 Srl Aus Adelaide 27.10.19
2 STJayasuriya 4.0 0 64 0 1 Srl Pak Jo’burg 17.09.07
3 N Pradeep 4.0 0 61 2 1 Srl Ind Indore 22.12.17

CAK Rajitha of Sri Lanka wrote himself into records as the most expensive Sri Lankan bowler in terms of runs conceded in the history of Twenty20 Internationals when he leaked 75 runs in the first T20I against Australia at Adelaide on 27.10.19. The previous record in this category of  statistics was held by ST Jayasuriya who had conceded 64 runs against Pakistan at Johannesburg on 17.09.07. The following table lists the perforamce of these two bowlers

No Player O M R W I Team Opp Ground Date
1 CAKRajitha 4.0 0 75 0 1 Srl Aus Adelaide 27.10.19
2 STJayasuriya 4.0 0 64 0 1 Srl Pak Jo’burg 17.09.07
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