B  Kumar’s four wickets against South Africa at Cuttack on 12 Jun 22 fetched him an aggregate of 63 wickets in T20Is. He became the fourth Indian bowler to capture 60 plus wickets in T20Is. With 63 wickets to his credit, he now stands third in the list of Indian bowlers who have captured most wickets in T20Is.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	M	Runs	W
1	YS Chahal	56	56	216.4	1	1798	69
2	JJ Bumrah	57	56	204.5	8	1333	67
3	B Kumar	61	61	216.5	3	1516	63
4	R Ashwin	51	51	191.0	2	1298	61

It is interesting to note that B Kumar became the first Indian bowler to witness his four wickets haul in a losing cause. His four for 13 against South Africa at Cuttack on 12 Jun 22 could not carve a win for India.

There are 84 occasions of a bowler’s four plus wickets going in vain in the history of T20Is. It also provides the four occasions of a bowler’s four plus wickets in a losing cause against South Africa in T20Is.

Player	W	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
Abdur Razzak	4	16	1	Ban	RSA	Johannesburg	05 Nov 2008
Ahsan Malik	5	19	1	Net	RSA	Chattogram	27 Mar 2014
OC McCoy	4	22	1	Win	RSA	St George’s	29 Jun 2021
B Kumar	4	13	2	Ind	RSA	Cuttack	12 Jun 2022