Kuldeep Yadav bowled four overs for India in the final of the Asia Cup 2025 against Pakistan and picked up 4 wickets for 30 runs. He opened his wicket account by dismissing Saim Ayub on the fifth ball
of the 13th over and then picked up three wickets in the 17th over. On the first ball he accounted for the dismissal of Salman Ali Agha, who was caught by Sanju Samson, and on the fourth and sixth deliveries, removed Shaheen Shah Afridi and Faheem Ashraf. Both Shaheen and Ashraf failed to open their accounts.
The four wickets in the final helped Kuldeep extend his tally of wickets to 17 in the Asia Cup 2025. The 17-wicket mark in the 2025 Asia Cup helped him equal former Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis’ record of taking the most wickets in one edition of the Asia Cup (ODIs and T20Is combined).
Mendis played five matches for the Mahela Jayawardene-led side in the 2008 Asia Cup and picked up 17 wickets.
Most wickets in one edition of Asia Cup
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | FORMAT | YEAR | MATCHES | WICKETS | BEST FIGURES |
| Ajantha Mendis | Sri Lanka | ODI | 2008 | 5 | 17 | 6/13 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | India | T20I | 2025 | 7 | 17 | 4/7 |
| Irfan Pathan | India | ODI | 2004 | 6 | 14 | 3/28 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | ODI | 2004 | 6 | 12 | 3/21 |
| Amjad Javed | UAE | T20I | 2016 | 7 | 12 | 3/25 |
Most wickets in one edition of Asia Cup for Team India
| PLAYER | FORMAT | YEAR | MATCHES | WICKETS | BEST FIGURES |
| Kuldeep Yadav | T20I | 2025 | 7 | 17 | 4/7 |
| Irfan Pathan | ODI | 2004 | 6 | 14 | 3/28 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | ODI | 2004 | 6 | 12 | 3/21 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | T20I | 2022 | 5 | 11 | 5/4 |
| Mohammed Siraj | ODI | 2023 | 5 | 10 | 6/21 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | ODI | 2018 | 6 | 10 | 3/45 |
Before equalling Mendis’ tally of 17 wickets in one edition of Asia Cup, Kuldeep broke Lasith Malinga’s record to become highest wicket-taker in Asia Cup history.
Malinga played 15 matches for Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup and dismissed 33 batters, whereas Kuldeep has 36 wickets to his name in 18 matches.
Most wickets in Asia Cup (ODIs and T20Is combined)
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | ODIs | ODI WKTS | T20Is | T20I WKTS | TOTAL |
| Kuldeep Yadav | India | 11 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 36 |
| Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | 14 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 33 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 24 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | India | 20 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 29 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 18 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 28 |
In the T20I edition of the Asia Cup, Kuldeep has 17 wickets to his credit in seven matches, and in the ODI format, he has dismissed 19 batters in 11 matches. On the other hand, Malinga picked up 29 wickets in 14 Asia Cup matches played in ODI format and 4 wickets in one match played in T20I format.
