Watch Video: Bowler Takes 7 Wickets In T20 Match; Breaks World Record!

A young cricketer has broken 'World Record' by taking seven wickets for just 18 runs. Yes! You heard it right, South African spinner and Leicestershire captain Colin Ackermann claimed a new Twenty20 world record after he took seven wickets for just 18 runs in a Vitality Blast T20 league match.

According to NDTV sports, the young bowler took wickets of Michael Burgess, Sam Hain, Will Rhodes, Liam Banks, Alex Thomson, Henry Brookes and Jeetan Patel in his side's 55-run over Warwickshire at Grace Road.

Surprisingly, Ackermann took six of his seven wickets in two overs as Birmingham lost their last eight wickets for just 20 runs to be bowled out for 134, chasing 190.

Earlier, it was Malaysian bowler Arul Suppiah, who had held the previous world record when he claimed 6/5 for Somerset against Glamorgan in 2011.