Kuldeep Yadav bowled four overs for Team India on Friday, September 26, in Dubai against Sri Lanka and picked up one wicket for 31 runs in four overs. The one wicket by Kuldeep helped him break the record of taking the most wickets in one edition of the Asia Cup T20Is.
The Kanpur-based cricketer has played six matches for Team India in the Asia Cup 2025 and dismissed 13 batters.
UAE’s Amjad Javed is second on the list now. Javed played seven matches for the United Arab Emirates in the 2016 Asia Cup and dismissed 12 batters.
Most wickets in one edition of Asia Cup T20Is
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | WICKETS | EDITION |
| Kuldeep Yadav | India | 6 | 13 | 2025 |
| Amjad Javed | UAE | 7 | 12 | 2016 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | 5 | 11 | 2022 |
| Al-Amin Hossain | Bangladesh | 5 | 11 | 2016 |
| Mohammad Naveed | UAE | 7 | 11 | 2016 |
Kuldeep dismissed Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka on Friday. The left-handed batter was caught by Shubman Gill on the first ball of the 16th over.
Most wickets in one edition of
Asia Cup T20Is for Team India
| PLAYER | MATCHES | WICKETS | EDITION |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 6 | 13 | 2025 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 5 | 11 | 2022 |
| Hardik Pandya | 5 | 7 | 2016 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 5 | 6 | 2016 |
| Ashish Nehra | 4 | 6 | 2016 |
The one wicket on Friday also helped Kuldeep close the gap with Lasith Malinga. Malinga played 15 matches in the Asia Cup (ODIs and T20Is combined) for Sri Lanka and picked up 33 wickets.
On the other hand, Kuldeep has 32 wickets to his name in 17 matches.
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 | 6 | 13 | 32* |
| 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 |
Most wickets for India in Asia Cup (ODIs + T20Is)
| PLAYER | ODIs | ODI WICKETS | T20Is | T20I WICKETS | TOTAL |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 11 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 32 |
| 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 |
| Hardik Pandya | 6 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 21 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 7 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 23 | 17 | – | – | 17 |
In the final of the Asia Cup 2025, which will be played between India and Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday, September 28, Kuldeep will have a chance to break Malinga’s record of taking the most wickets in the Asia Cup.
Kuldeep needs two wickets to go past Malinga’s tally.
In two matches played so far against Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2025, Kuldeep has picked up four wickets. He dismissed 3 Pakistani batters for 18 runs on September 14 and finished with figures of 1/31 on September 21.
