Archive · 29 Dec 2025
Bhutan's Yeshey sets T20I record with 8 wickets for 7 runs
A Bhutanian bowler named Sonam Yeshey made history by taking 8 wickets for just 7 runs in a T20I match against Myanmar.
This is the first time anyone has taken 8 wickets in a T20I game.
Bhutan scored 127 runs in their innings, and Myanmar could only score 45 runs in reply.
Bhutan won the match and the series 5-0.
Before this, the best bowling figures in a men's T20I were 7 wickets.
Sonam Yeshey has been playing well recently, taking 12 wickets in just three matches.
He has now taken 37 wickets in 34 T20I matches since his debut in 2022.
Sonam Yeshey became the first bowler to take 8 wickets in a T20I match, with figures of 4-1-7-8.
The record was set during the third T20I between Bhutan and Myanmar in Gelephu.
Bhutan scored 127/9 in their innings, with Namgang Chejay scoring a fifty.
Myanmar was bowled out for 45 in 9.2 overs, losing by a significant margin.
Bhutan won the series 5-0, with Yeshey taking 12 wickets in three matches.
- Who
- Sonam Yeshey (Bhutanian bowler)
- What
- Set a new T20I record with 8 wickets for 7 runs
- When
- December 26, 2025
- Where
- Gelephu, Bhutan
- Why
- During the third T20I match between Bhutan and Myanmar
- Bowler
- Sonam Yeshey
- Record
- First 8-wicket haul in T20I
- Match
- Bhutan vs Myanmar (3rd T20I)
- Venue
- Gelephu
- Bowling Figures
- 4-1-7-8
- Myanmar's Score
- 45 all out in 9.2 overs
- Bhutan's Score
- 127/9 in 20 overs
- Series Result
- Bhutan won 5-0
Sources
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