Last Updated:September 24, 2025, 23:40 IST
Kuldeep Yadav has 30 wickets to his name in the Asia Cup (ODIs and T20Is combined), which is the most for any Indian bowler.
Kuldeep Yadav becomes India’s highest wicket-taker in Asia Cup. (Picture Credit: AP)
Kuldeep Yadav entered his name in the history books on Wednesday, September 24, by becoming India’s highest wicket-taker in the Asia Cup (ODIs and T20Is combined). Kuldeep needed two wickets in the ongoing Asia Cup 2025 match between India and Bangladesh in Dubai to break Ravindra Jadeja’s record of 29 wickets, and he achieved the objective by dismissing Parvez Hossain Emon and Rishad Hossain.
While Emon was caught by Abhishek Sharma on the second ball of the seventh over of Bangladesh’s innings, Tilak Varma completed Rishad’s catch on the first ball of the 17th over.
On the second ball of the 17th over, Kuldeep then breached Tanzim Hasan Sakib’s defence and dismissed him for a golden duck.
He finished the match with figures of 3 for 18 in four overs.
Most wickets for India in Asia Cup (ODIs + T20Is)
PLAYERODIsODI WICKETST20IsT20I WICKETSTOTALKuldeep Yadav111951231Ravindra Jadeja20256429Jasprit Bumrah81291123Irfan Pathan1222––22Bhuvneshwar Kumar9961322Ravichandran Ashwin7146620Hardik Pandya66131420Sachin Tendulkar2317––17
The overall record of taking the most wickets in Asia Cup history is in the name of Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga. Malinga played 15 matches in the Asia Cup and accounted for the dismissal of 33 batters. Kuldeep Yadav needs to dismiss three more batters in the ongoing tournament to go past Malinga’s tally and take the No. 1 position.
Most wickets in Asia Cup (ODIs + T20Is)
PLAYERCOUNTRYODIsODI WKTST20IsT20I WKTSTOTALLasith MalingaSri Lanka14291433Kuldeep YadavIndia111951231*Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka24300030Ravindra JadejaIndia20256429Shakib Al HasanBangladesh18227628Ajantha MendisSri Lanka8260026Saeed AjmalPakistan12250025
Kuldeep has picked up 12 wickets in five matches of the Asia Cup 2025. 12 wickets in this year’s edition of the premier continental event help him break Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s record of taking the most wickets for India in one edition of the Asia Cup T20Is.
Bhuvneshwar played five matches in the Asia Cup 2022 and dismissed 11 batters.
Most wickets in one edition of Asia Cup T20Is for Team India
PLAYERMATCHESWICKETSEDITIONKuldeep Yadav5122025Bhuvneshwar Kumar5112022Hardik Pandya572016Jasprit Bumrah562016Ashish Nehra462016
Most wickets in one edition of Asia Cup T20Is
PLAYERCOUNTRYMATCHESWICKETSEDITIONAmjad JavedUAE7122016Kuldeep YadavIndia5122025Bhuvneshwar KumarIndia5112022Al-Amin HossainBangladesh5112016Mohammad NaveedUAE7112016
The overall record of taking the most wickets in one edition of the Asia Cup T20Is is in the name of Amjad Javed of the UAE. Javed played seven matches in the Asia Cup 2016 for UAE and accounted for the dismissal of 12 batters.
Location :
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
First Published:
September 24, 2025, 23:19 IST
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