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)
| PLAYER | ODIs | ODI WICKETS | T20Is | T20I WICKETS | TOTAL |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 11 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 31 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 20 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 29 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 8 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 23 |
| Irfan Pathan | 12 | 22 | – | – | 22 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 9 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 22 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 7 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| Hardik Pandya | 6 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 20 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 23 | 17 | – | – | 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)
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | ODIs | ODI WKTS | T20Is | T20I WKTS | TOTAL |
| Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | 14 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 33 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | India | 11 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 31* |
| 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 |
| Ajantha Mendis | Sri Lanka | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Saeed Ajmal | Pakistan | 12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
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
| PLAYER | MATCHES | WICKETS | EDITION |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 5 | 12 | 2025 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 5 | 11 | 2022 |
| Hardik Pandya | 5 | 7 | 2016 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 5 | 6 | 2016 |
| Ashish Nehra | 4 | 6 | 2016 |
Most wickets in one edition of Asia Cup T20Is
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | WICKETS | EDITION |
| Amjad Javed | UAE | 7 | 12 | 2016 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | India | 5 | 12 | 2025 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | 5 | 11 | 2022 |
| Al-Amin Hossain | Bangladesh | 5 | 11 | 2016 |
| Mohammad Naveed | UAE | 7 | 11 | 2016 |
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.
