Sonam Yeshey

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sonam Yeshey

• Sonam Yeshey was born in a traditional Bhutanese family and started playing cricket at a young age.

• He first played for the Bhutan Under-19 before finding a spot in the national team.

  

• He made his T20I debut against Malaysia in July 2022, returning figures of three wickets for sixteen runs.

• After his debut, Yeshey continued playing T20 internationals regularly, gradually building experience.

• On 26 December 2025, Bhutan played Myanmar in the 3rd T20I at Gelephu Mindfulness City, Bhutan. Bhutan batted first in the match and scored 127 runs for the loss of nine wickets.

• Myanmar began their chase of 128 runs against Bhutan’s bowling attack under standard T20 International playing conditions.

• During Myanmar’s innings, Sonam Yeshey bowled four overs and conceded only seven runs while taking eight wickets.

  

• Myanmar were bowled out for forty-five runs, failing to come close to Bhutan’s total of one hundred twenty-seven.

• With figures of eight for seven, Yeshey became the first bowler to take eight wickets in any men’s T20 match.

• Before this match, the best T20I bowling figures were seven for eight by Malaysia’s Syazrul Idrus against China in 2023.

• Bahrain bowler Ali Dawood also took seven wickets in a T20I, recording figures of seven for nineteen against Bhutan in 2025.

• In non-international T20 matches, Colin Ackermann took seven for eighteen in 2019, and Taskin Ahmed took seven for nineteen in 2025.

• After the Myanmar match, Sonam Yeshey had taken twelve wickets from four matches in the ongoing T20I series.