Darshan Nalkande joined an elite list of bowlers to have picked up four wickets in four balls in the history of T20 cricket. Abhimanyu Mithun, Andre Russell, Al-Amin Hossain, Curtis Campher, Jim Allenby, Lasith Malinga, Rashid Khan are the bowlers to have achieved this record in the past. 

Darshan Nalkande has risen up the ranks in T20 cricket in the Indian domestic T20 cricket. He has been one of Vidarbha’s dependable bowlers in the last few years. The pacer also got himself an IPL contract with Punjab Kings in 2019. 

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 He spoke to Sportskeeda after his historic achievement saying that the record was never on his mind while he was going through that dream spell. With very little attributes, Nalkande is shaping up one of India’s brightest future stars. 

Wasn’t Thinking About The Record At All: Darshan Nalkande

“I wasn’t thinking about the record at all. I wanted to execute my plans and give away as few runs as possible. Every ball I was thinking about the field I had and how I had to bowl to it. The only focus was to bowl to the batter on strike and what ball I needed to bowl. I was also taking it one ball at a time. I was only concentrating on the game situation,” Darshan Nalkande told Sportskeeda. 

Darshan’s stats in domestic T20 cricket are quite a standout. He has already scalped 43 wickets in 22 innings at a staggering average and strike rate of 12.76 and 10.5, respectively. 

Speaking about his stint with Punjab Kings in 2019, Darshan said he learnt a lot being with the team and closely following the likes of KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami and others. 

“When you play with such big cricketers [at Punjab Kings], you obviously get to learn a lot. Just by being with them, you get to learn more about their cricketing sense, tactics and other things. I chatted a lot with Mohammed Shami bhai and Rahul bhai,” the pacer said.