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Scotland vs Namibia, T20 World Cup: Namibian pacer Ruben Trumpelmann showed amazing performance in the first over of the innings in the match against Scotland and took 3 wickets. He sent George Munsey on the very first ball of the innings, Callum McLeod on the third ball and then Richie Berrington on the next ball to the pavilion.

New Delhi. Namibian pacer Ruben Trumpelmann created history in the T20 World Cup 2021 on Wednesday. He took 3 wickets in the very first over of the innings against Scotland at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. This is the first time that a bowler took 3 wickets in the very first over of the T20 World Cup innings. In this match of Super-12 stage, Namibian captain Gerhard Erasmus won the toss and decided to bat first.

Born in Durban, South Africa, Ruben showed great performance in the very first over of the innings and took 3 wickets. He bowled George Munsey (0) on the very first ball. The next ball was wide, after which no run was scored. Then a ball was wide and on the third valid ball Callum McLeod (0) was caught by Jane Green. Richie Berrington (0) lbw was out on the next ball.

23-year-old Ruben took 3 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs in this match. He was playing only the sixth international match of his career. Before this, he took 5 wickets in 5 T20 Internationals. Apart from this, he has also taken 41 wickets in 17 first class matches. He has also played 10 List A and 9 T20 matches. He has taken 11 wickets in List A and 10 wickets in T20.