WATCH | USA fans troll Usman Tariq’s bowling action:Seifert, Allen register highest partnership in tournament history; top moments records

The T20 World Cup on 10 February witness some sensational action, big records and memorable moments. Netherlands, New Zealand and Pakistan emerged as the victorious teams in the competition on the said date. Tim Seifert and Finn Allen from New Zealand stole the show with a historic 175-run opening partnership. The duo made the biggest partnership for any wicket in the T20 World Cup. A special highlight was that during this match, both batsmen also completed their respective 100 T20 sixes. Meanwhile, Pakistan defeated America by 32 runs. In this match, Pakistan bowled 16 overs with spinners alone. Top moments from T20 World Cup on 10 February USA fans troll Usman Tariq’s action: A group of USA cricket fans were seen mocking Usman Tariq’s bowling action during the Pakistan vs USA match in Colombo. Tariq’s action, although cleared by the ICC, has become a topic of discussion on a number of times, with Australia’s Cameron Green earlier making a ‘chucking’ gesture after being dismissed by him in a match. A viral video has emerged from Colombo where fans were seen trolling the Pakistan spinner for his unorthodox action. Mike Hesson’s reaction to Khawaja Nafay’s dropped catch: Khawaja Nafay dropping Milind Kumar’s easy catch prompted an angry reaction from Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson. This happened in the 12th over of the second innings, bowled by Tariq, when Milind attempted a pull shot. Nafay, running to his left, got there in time but ended up dropping the catch. The camera showed Hesso,n who, expectedly, was not very happy with that effort. Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell’s relay spectacular catch Mark Chapman and Daryl Mitchell pulled off a sensational boundary catch in the New Zealand vs USA match in Chennai. This happened in the 15th over of the first innings when Alishan Sharafu nailed the slog sweep against New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner. The ball seemed to be headed for a six, but Chapman had other ideas. He pulled off a full-length jump to push the ball into the field of play where Mitchell ended up completing the catch. Top records from T20 World Cup on 10 February NAM vs NED First Match Erasmus took the most catches for Namibia in T20 World Cup Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus has set a new record for the most catches for the team in the T20 World Cup. Erasmus took a total of 7 catches in 16 matches. Previously, this record was held by Michael van Lingen. He had taken 6 catches in 13 matches. UAE Vs NZ Second Match Seifert-Allen made the biggest partnership in T20 World Cup In the T20 World Cup, the pair of Tim Seifert and Finn Allen created history. The duo added an unbeaten 175 runs for the first wicket against UAE in Chennai, which became the biggest partnership in T20 World Cup history. This pair also surpassed the record of Jos Buttler and Alex Hales’ 170* run partnership in 2022. Seifert-Allen complete 100 T20 Sixes New Zealand batsmen Tim Seifert and Finn Allen have completed their 100 sixes in T20 Internationals. With this achievement, both have joined the list of players with the most sixes for the Kiwi team. In this list, Martin Guptill is at the top with 173 sixes, while Colin Munro and Glenn Phillips are in second and third place respectively. 27 runs scored in Phillips’ one over New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips registered an unwanted record in the T20 World Cup. 27 runs were scored in his one over against UAE in Chennai, which is the most expensive over in tournament history by a full member team bowler against an associate team. Earlier, 22 runs each were scored in overs bowled by Kyle Abbott, Tabraiz Shamsi, and Jofra Archer, but Phillips’ over surpassed all of them. Associate teams are those teams that are not full members of the ICC. PAK Vs USA Third Match Shadley van Schalkwyk USA’s Top Wicket Taker in T20 World Cup Shadley van Schalkwyk now holds the record for taking the most wickets for USA in the T20 World Cup. He became the team’s top wicket-taker by taking 8 wickets in 6 matches played between 2024 and 2026. Meanwhile, Saurabh Netravalkar and Harmeet Singh secured the second and third positions respectively with 7 wickets each. Shalkvik has recorded figures of 4/25 twice against full-member teams. In this World Cup, he first took 4 wickets against India at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and then again took 4 wickets against Pakistan at Colombo SSC. He is also the top wicket-taker in this World Cup. Pakistan bowled 16 overs with spinners Pakistan bowled 16 overs with spinners against USA. This is the second-highest number of spin overs bowled by Pakistan in a single innings. Before this, in 2012, Pakistan had bowled a record 18 overs with spin against Australia in Colombo.