Asia Cup Records

Most Wickets in Asia Cup (ODI & T20I) History

Most Wickets in ODI Asia Cup

PlayerWicketsInningsAverageBBI5W
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)302428.835/311
Lasith Malinga (SL)291420.555/343
Ajantha Mendis (SL)26810.426/132
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)251219.403/260
Ravindra Jadeja (IND)251826.284/290
Chaminda Vaas (SL)231927.783/300
Irfan Pathan (IND)221227.504/320
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)222130.314/490
Abdur Razzak (PAK)221836.183/170
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)221836.954/420

Most Wickets in T20 Asia Cup

PlayerWicketsInningsEconomyBBI4W
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)1776.274/72
Haris Rauf (PAK)17118.293/29 0
Wanindu Hasaranga (SL)17126.933/210
Hardik Pandya (IND)15147.513/80
Rashid Khan (AFG)14116.393/220
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (IND)1365.345/42
Jasprit Bumrah (IND)13106.332/18 0
Taskin Ahmed (BAN)13117.053/28 0
Mustafizur Rahman (BAN)13117.26 3/20 0
Amjad Javed (UAE)1277.343/250


Key Insights – Leading Wicket-takers in Asia Cup History

Asia Cup – Bowling Records

Muttiah Muralitharan picked 30 wickets in 24 innings in the Asia Cup, which is the most by any bowler in the ODI tournament.

Overall, Lasith Malinga leads the chart across ODI and T20I competitions. The lanky pacer took 33 wickets in 15 innings at an average of 18.84.

Malinga also took 3 five-wicket hauls, the most by a bowler in the Asia Cup. Ajantha Mendis is the other bowler with multiple five-wicket hauls in the tournament.

17 of Muralitharan’s wickets came against Bangladesh, the most by a bowler against a team in the Asia Cup.

Mendis picked up a mighty 17 wickets in 2008, the most by a bowler in a single edition of the Asia Cup, which gained him the Player of the Series award that year.

Mendis’ 6 for 13 against India in the same year is still the best bowling figure in the tournament. Mohammad Siraj is the other bowler to take six wickets in an innings (against Sri Lanka in 2023). Siraj’s figures of 6 for 21 are the best in the final of the Asia Cup.

Sanath Jayasuriya, Ravindra Jadeja, and Shakib Al Hasan are the three all-rounders with 200 runs and 20 wickets in the Asia Cup. Jayasuriya is, in fact, the top run-scorer in the tournament with 1220 runs.

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