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IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2025 Super 4: India's star all-rounder Hardik Pandya is currently seen in action during the Super 4 match against arch-rival Pakistan on Sunday. During the match in Dubai, he took his first wicket by dismissing Fakhar Zaman on the third ball of the second over. Sanju Samson took the catch from behind as Fakhar scored 15 runs off 9 balls. With Fakhar's wicket, Hardik scripted history. He had surpassed Bhuvneshwar Kumar's tally and had become India's highest wicket-taker in the Asia Cup T20I format.

Bhuvneshwar had featured in 6 matches for the Men in Blue and had taken 13 wickets. At the same time, Hardik is playing in his 12th match and has now taken 14 wickets under his belt.

Most wickets for India in Asia Cup T20Is

PLAYER MATCHES WICKETS BEST FIGURES
Hardik Pandya 12* 14 3/8
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 6 13 5/4
Jasprit Bumrah 8* 9 2/27
Kuldeep Yadav 4* 8 4/7
Ravichandran Ashwin 6 6 2/26

If Harik can take one more wicket, then he will become this tournament's highest wicket-taker. Till now, he is level with Afghanistan's Rashid Khan and Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga. Both of them have taken 14 wickets under their kitty in this format of the Asia Cup.

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Most wickets in Asia Cup T20Is

PLAYER COUNTRY MATCHES WICKETS BEST FIGURES
Rashid Khan Afghanistan 11 14 3/22
Wanindu Hasaranga Sri Lanka 10 14 3/21
Hardik Pandya India 12* 14 3/8
Bhuvneshwar Kumar India 6 13 5/4
Amjad Javed UAE 7 12 3/25

Fakhar's dismissal also took Hardik's tally of 97 wickets in the shortest format for the country. He has also surpassed Yuzvendra Chahal and has become India's second-highest wicket-getter in T20Is. Chahal has taken 98 wickets after playing in 80 T20Is till now.

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Most wickets for India in T20Is

POSITION PLAYER MATCHES WICKETS BEST FIGURES
1. Arshdeep Singh 64 100 4/9
2. Hardik Pandya 118* 97 4/16
3. Yuzvendra Chahal 80 96 6/25
4. Jasprit Bumrah 73* 92 3/7
5. Bhuvneshwar Kumar 87 90 5/4

Arshdeep Singh is India's highest wicket-taker in the shortest format. He has taken 100 wickets after playing in 64 T20Is. He took his 100th wicket during the match against Oman earlier this week.