Richard Gleeson story - debutant who dismissed India's Top 3 batters

Richard Gleeson dismissed Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant on his debut match for England on 2nd t20 international.

                                                  

IND vs ENG 2nd T20 -

India tour of England: The second match of the T20 series between India and England is being played in Birmingham (Edgbaston, Birmingham). England won the toss and decided to bat first. For the second T20, England has made two changes in the playing 11. Richard Gleeson made his debut for England at the age of 35. He piled up India's top order in the debut match itself.

Richard Gleeson didn't play professional cricket until he was 27, and 8 months ago was considering retirement due to a back injury. Today he dismissed RohitSharma, ViratKohli and RishabhPant in his first 8 balls on T20I debut at the age of 34

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Richard Gleason first took the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and then Rishabh Pant. Rohit made 31 off 30 balls, Virat Kohli scored 1 off 3 balls and Pant scored 26 runs in 15 balls. On the other hand, Gleason became the third oldest player to debut for England. He played his debut match for England at the age of 34 years 219 days.

England's red-ball skipper Ben Stokes said he was excited to Gleeson make his debut for England. David Willey and Richard Gleeson came in place for Reece Topley and Tymal Mills in the 2nd T20I between India and England.

                                                    

Richard Gleeson - IND vs ENG 2nd T20 -:

The right-arm pacer has various domestic leagues experience under his belt as he has played in - Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), Big Bash League (BBL) for Rangpur Riders and Melbourne Renegades, respectively.

Richard Gleeson has played First Class, List A and T20 matches at the domestic level. He has 143 wickets in 34 first-class matches, while he has 28 wickets in 21 List A matches. Talking about T20 cricket, Richard Gleason has taken 73 wickets in 64 innings. His best performance in T20 is 5 wickets for 33 runs.

IND vs ENG 2nd T20 :-

Coming to the match, after a fiery start from Rohit Sharma 31 (20) and Rishabh Pant 26 (15). India lost Kohli 1 (3), Pandya 12 (15), Suryakumar 15 (11) cheaply. It was Ravindra Jadeja 46 (29) who guided India to a challenging total. England would be happy after the first innings as India were looking dangerous after finishing the powerplay at a runrate of over 10 runs per over. Dream debut for Richard Gleeson, who ruled over Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant.

India won by 49 run and leads the series with 2-0.