Bhutan’s Sonam Yeshey made history by accomplishing an unprecedented accomplishment in the T20 format. The 22-year-old left-arm spinner became the first bowler in men’s and women’s cricket, whether international or domestic, to take eight wickets in a single T20 encounter. His remarkable spell came in the third T20I against Myanmar at Gelephu.
Bhutan reached 127 for 9 before defeating Myanmar for 45 runs in 9.2 overs. Sonam Yeshey was the architect of the collapse, finishing with 8 for 7 from four overs.
Prior to this, Malaysia’s Syazrul Idrus and Bahrain’s Ali Dawood had the greatest bowling figures in men’s T20Is, each taking seven wickets. Rohmalia of Indonesia set a record in women’s T20Is, going 7 for 0.
𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐄!🌍🇧🇹 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒎 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝑾𝑶𝑹𝑳𝑫 𝑹𝑬𝑪𝑶𝑹𝑫 𝒃𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒍! The left-arm orthodox magician claimed 8/7 in 4 overs against Myanmar today. @ICC pic.twitter.com/OtOZofj75n
— BhutanCricketOfficial🇧🇹 (@BhutanCricket) December 26, 2025
Yeshey ran through Myanmar’s batting lineup after the hosts lost early wickets in the powerplay. Although Pyae Phyo Wai scored 10 off 11 balls, any hope of recovery was quashed by Yeshey’s relentless spell. He accounted for seven of the last eight dismissals.
His spell included a maiden over and conceded just seven runs across four overs. Meanwhile, making his T20I debut in July 2022 against Malaysia, he impressed immediately with figures of 3 for 16. While wickets did not come at the same pace in subsequent games, this historic spell has taken his tally to 37 wickets from 34 T20Is. The series itself has been heavily tilted in Bhutan’s favour, with Yeshey leading the bowling charts with 12 wickets from four matches, with one game remaining.
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