Gordon and Jordan… The most expensive bowlers of T20 World Cup 2024, a great coincidence between the two, their age is also above 35

The dominance of the bowling department can be understood from the fact that till 21 matches of the tournament (data till South Africa-Bangladesh match), no bowler has conceded 50 runs (most runs in an innings) in an innings. Similarly named Jeremy Gordon of Canada and Chris Jordan of England currently have the most expensive bowling analysis of an innings in T20 World Cup 2024. Both of them have conceded 44-44 runs.

Apart from Jeremy Gordon, only Chris Jordan has conceded 44 runs in an innings in T20 World Cup 2024. England's Barmy Army/X

Both the bowlers conceded the most runs in an innings in T20 World Cup 2024
Canada's Gordon gave away 44 runs in 3 overs in the first match against the USA on June 1, while England's Jordan was troubled a lot by the Australian batsmen and conceded 44 runs in his 4 overs. Both of them are the bowlers who have conceded the most runs in an innings so far in the T20 World Cup 2024. Since Gordon gave away 44 runs in 3 overs, he is at number one while Jordan is at number two.

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Both right-arm fast bowlers, hail from Caribbean island
Apart from the similar names, there are some other similarities related to this 'unwanted' record of these two bowlers. Both are right-arm fast bowlers above 30 years of age. Canada's Gordon is 37 years old while England's Jordan is 35 years old. Both have played two matches each in the tournament and have taken two wickets each. The similarity between the two does not end here. Gordon and Jordan, both are originally from the Caribbean Islands (West Indies). Gordon was born in Stanley Town, Guyana, while Jordan was born in Barbados. Jeremy Gordon has so far taken 18 wickets in 10 ODIs and 19 wickets in 14 T20Is. On the other hand, Chris Jordan has played 8 Tests, 35 ODIs and 92 T20Is.

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3 bowlers have conceded 42 runs in 4 overs so far
So far in the T20 World Cup, three bowlers have conceded 42 runs each in their four overs, including Canada's Saad Bin Zafar, Ireland's Josh Little and Uganda's Cosmos Kevuta. Saad conceded 42 runs in 4 overs in the match against the USA. Little conceded these runs against India and Kevuta against West Indies. Interestingly, among these bowlers, Saad Bin Zafar holds the record of bowling all his four overs maiden in a T20 match. Born in Gujranwala city of Pakistan but playing cricket for Canada, Saad achieved this feat on 14 November 2021 by taking two wickets in the match against Panama (4-4-0-2).

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By the way, the overall record of the most expensive bowling in the T20 World Cup is in the name of Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya. Sanath gave 64 runs in four overs in the match against Pakistan in the first T20 World Cup in 2007. Apart from the T20 World Cup, the record of the most expensive bowling in T20 International is also in the name of a Sri Lankan bowler. Sri Lankan fast bowler Kasun Rajitha gave 75 runs in four overs at an economy of 18.75 in a T20I against Australia in Adelaide on 27 July 2019. So far no bowler has given more than 75 runs in a T20I.

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