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Asia Cup 2025: Chances are high that India's star all-rounder Hardik Pandya will be included in India's Asia Cup 2025 team. The BCCI will be revealing the side in the coming weeks. Hardik, who has represented the country in 114 T20Is till now, ever since he made his debut way back in 2016 against Australia, is expected to play a huge role for India during the upcoming continental tournament, which will be held next month in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

In the Asia Cup 2025, Hardik will get an opportunity to script history. Hailing from Baroda, if the star all-rounder can take six wickets, then he would become the first Indian and second overall cricketer to have scored 1000 runs and taken 100 wickets in the shortest format.

Hardik Pandya’s record in T20Is

MATCHES RUNS AVERAGE STRIKE RATE BEST SCORE WICKETS BEST FIGURES CATCHES
114 1812 27.87 141.67 71* 94 4/16 54

Till now, he has scored 1812 runs and taken 94 wickets under his belt. Pandya is the country's third-highest wicket-getter and fifth-highest run-scorer in the shortest format.

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Most runs for India in T20Is

PLAYER MATCHES RUNS AVERAGE STRIKE RATE BEST SCORE 100/50 4/6s
Rohit Sharma 159 4231 32.05 140.89 121* 5/32 383/205
Virat Kohli 125 4188 48.69 137.04 122* 1/38 369/124
Suryakumar Yadav 83 2598 38.20 167.07 117 4/21 237/146
KL Rahul 72 2265 37.75 139.12 110* 2/22 191/99
Hardik Pandya 114 1812 27.87 141.67 71* 0/5 135/95

Most wickets for India in T20Is

PLAYER MATCHES WICKETS BEST FIGURES 5-WICKET HAULS
Arshdeep Singh 63 99 4/9 0
Yuzvendra Chahal 80 96 6/25 1
Hardik Pandya 114 94 4/16 0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 87 90 5/4 2
Jasprit Bumrah 70 89 3/7 0

Former Bangladesh skipper Shakib-al-Hasan is the only cricketer to have scored more than 1000 runs and taken more than 100 wickets in this format.

Shakib Al Hasan’s record in T20Is

MATCHES RUNS AVERAGE STRIKE RATE BEST SCORE WICKETS BEST FIGURES CATCHES
129 2551 23.19 121.18 84 149 5/20 31

Besides Pandya, Afghanistan's Mohammad Nabi is also on the verge of entering the elite list of players who have scored 1000 runs and have taken 100 wickets in the shortest format. He has represented Afghanistan in 132 T20Is and has taken 97 wickets, along with scoring 2237 runs.

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Mohammad Nabi’s record in T20Is

MATCHES RUNS AVERAGE STRIKE RATE BEST SCORE WICKETS BEST FIGURES CATCHES
132 2237 22.59 136.23 89 97 4/10 73

In Asia Cup 2025, India's star fast bowler Arshdeep Singh, who is the country's highest wicket-getter in the shortest format, would be on the verge of becoming the first Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in T20Is. Till now, he has taken 99 wickets under his belt.

If he can take at least one wicket in two matches, then he will become the fastest pacer to have taken 100 wickets in the shortest format.