The 25-year-old spinner collected figures of 5/3 in a Player of the Match performance as Pakistan clinched their T20I series over Zimbabwe.

BULAWAYO (Dunya News) – Pakistan left-hand spinner Sufiyan Muqeem broke former pacer Umar Gul’s record for best bowing figures in T20 cricket. Muqeem achieved the milestone in a match against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo where he claimed five-wicket haul, restricting the hosts to 57.

Playing in his only seventh T20I match, left-arm wrist-spinner Sufiyan Muqeem created an all-time record for Pakistan in the shortest format. Muqeem ran through the Zimbabwe batting line-up in the second T20I of the ongoing series in Bulawayo.

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Muqeem's historic five-wicket haul for just three runs set a new record for the best bowling figures by a Pakistani bowler in T20Is, leading to Zimbabwe's collapse for 57 runs.

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