Arshdeep Singh is India’s highest wicket-taker in T20Is and during the Men in Blue’s second Group A match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 against Namibia on Thursday (February 12) in Delhi, he will have a chance to become India’s highest wicket-taker in the T20 World Cup as well. If the 27-year-old left-arm fast bowler from Punjab, who led India’s fast bowling attack in their first match against the United States of America on February 7, manages to take at least four wickets against the African team, then he will go past Ravichandran Ashwin’s tally and take the No. 1 position on the list of bowlers with the most wickets for India in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
Ashwin, who retired from international cricket in December 2024, played 24 T20
World Cup matches for India and dismissed 32 batters.
On the other hand, as of now, Arshdeep has 29 wickets to his name in 15 T20 World Cup matches played so far.
Most wickets for India in T20 World Cup
| PLAYER | MATCHES | WICKETS | BEST FIGURES | 5-WKT HAULS |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 24 | 32 | 4/11 | 0 |
| Arshdeep Singh | 15 | 29 | 4/9 | 0 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 18 | 26 | 3/7 | 0 |
| Hardik Pandya | 25 | 24 | 3/20 | 0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 30 | 22 | 3/15 | 0 |
In the list of bowlers with the most wickets for India in the T20 World Cup, Ashwin and Arshdeep are followed by Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya.
The overall record of taking the most wickets in the T20 World Cup is in the name of former Bangladesh skipper and legendary all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. Shakib played 43 T20 World Cup matches from 2007 to 2024 and dismissed 50 batters.
Most wickets in T20 World Cup
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | WICKETS | BEST FIGURES |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 43 | 50 | 4/9 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | Sri Lanka | 20 | 40 | 3/8 |
| Adam Zampa | Australia | 22 | 40 | 5/19 |
| Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 25 | 40 | 4/9 |
| Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 34 | 39 | 4/11 |
Arshdeep, who made his T20I debut for India in July 2022 against England, played his first T20 World Cup match against Pakistan in Melbourne on February 23, 2022, and in that fixture, he picked up 3 wickets for 32 runs in four overs.
In the 2024 T20 World Cup, he played all eight matches for the Rohit Sharma-led side and accounted for the dismissal of 17 batters, which is a world record for taking the most wickets in one edition of the men’s shortest format mega event.
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