NEW DELHI: Arshdeep Singh has accomplished a feat that eluded all other Indian pacers against South Africa on their home turf. The left-arm bowler became the first Indian pacer to take a five-wicket haul against the Proteas in South Africa.
The 24-year-old Arshdeep was wicketless before this match despite featuring in three ODIs. Not only he took his maiden ODI wicket today but went on to register a first fifer by an Indian pacer in South Africa.
Arshdeep returned with excellent figures of 5 for 37 while Avesh Khan also chipped in with 4 wickets for 27 runs to help India bowl out the hosts for a meagre 116 in 27.3 overs in Johannesburg.

He joined an exclusive group as the fourth bowler to secure a 5-wicket haul against South Africa in ODIs. Additionally, he became the second bowler, following Yuzvendra Chahal, to achieve this feat in ODIs for India on South African soil.
After taking his maiden five-wicket haul, Arshdeep expressed his happiness over the feat saying that he felt the pressure, especially considering he had yet to secure a wicket in ODIs before this performance.
“I was under a bit of pressure because I never took any wicket in ODIs before. Happy to get a fifth,” Arshdeep told the official broadcasters in the mid innings break.