Asia Cup Records

Most Wickets Against a Team in Asia Cup History

Most Wickets against a Team in T20 Asia Cup

PlayerAgainstInningsWicketsEconomy4W/5W
Hardik Pandya (IND)Pakistan598.000/0
Wanindu Hasaranga (SL)Pakistan386.250/0
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)Pakistan386.581/0
Haris Rauf (PAK)Sri Lanka377.720/0
Wanindu Hasaranga (SL)Bangladesh367.330/0
Pramod Madushan (SL)Pakistan268.911/0
Mustafizur Rahman (BAN)Sri Lanka467.060/0
Jasprit Bumrah (IND)Pakistan457.480/0
Dushmantha Chameera (SL)Bangladesh356.580/0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (IND)Afghanistan151.000/1

Most Wickets against a Team in ODI Asia Cup

PlayerAgainstInningsWicketsAvg4W/5W
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)Bangladesh71712.881/1
Lasith Malinga (SL)Pakistan41512.400/3
Irfan Pathan (IND)Sri Lanka61224.581/0
Chaminda Vaas (SL)India81130.900/0
Kapil Dev (IND)Sri Lanka41014.801/0
Ajantha Mendis (SL)India2107.301/1
Abdul Qadir (PAK)Sri Lanka4916.220/0
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)India10937.660/0
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)Pakistan6922.551/0
Farveez Maharoof (SL)India6926.550/1

Key Insights – Most Runs vs Single Opponent in Asia Cup

Overall ODI Record Holder

Muttiah Muralitharan has taken the most wickets against a single team in the ODI Asia Cup. 17 of his 30 wickets came against Bangladesh in seven innings.

Muralitharan is also the leading wicket-taker in the ODI Asia Cup, with 30 scalps in 24 innings.


Unique ODI Records

Lasith Malinga is the only bowler to grab multiple five-wicket hauls against a team in the ODI tournament. He took three five-fors against Pakistan to have a tally of 15 wickets in four innings.

Hardik Pandya has the best bowling average against a team in the ODI Asia Cup (minimum two innings). He has an average of 4.25 against Sri Lanka, with four wickets in two innings.

Likewise, Mohammed Siraj has the best strike rate against an opponent in the ODI competition (minimum 60 balls bowled). He has a strike rate of 10.2 against Sri Lanka, taking seven scalps in 12 overs in two innings.

Malinga, Saeed Ajmal, Shakib Al Hasan, and Ravindra Jadeja have each taken five or more wickets against three teams in the ODI Asia Cup.


T20 Asia Cup Records

In the T20 Asia Cup, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the only bowler to pick up five or more scalps against two opponents. He is also the only bowler with a four-wicket haul against two teams.

Bhuvi also boasts the best economy rate in the T20I tournament (minimum 24 balls bowled). He had an economy rate of one while taking five wickets for four runs against Afghanistan.

In 2022, Hardik Pandya became the first bowler to take five wickets against a team (Pakistan) in the T20 Asia Cup.

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