IND vs OMN Asia Cup 2025: India's star spinner Kuldeep Yadav is in sublime form for the Men in Blue during the ongoing tournament. After playing two group matches so far, he has taken seven wickets. Hailing from Kanpur, he will next be seen in action in the match against Oman, which will be held on Friday. During the upcoming match in Abu Dhabi, Kuldeep will aim to script history and become the country's highest wicket-taker in this tournament.
Till now, he has taken 26 wickets under his kitty after playing in 13 matches of the Asia Cup. He needs to take four more wickets to surpass Ravindra Jadeja's tally of 29 wickets and become India's highest wicket-taker.
Jadeja, who announced his retirement from the shortest format in 2024, has played in 26 matches of this tournament and has taken 29 wickets.
Most wickets for India in the Asia Cup
| PLAYER | ODIs | ODI WICKETS | T20Is | T20I WICKETS | TOTAL |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 20 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 29 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 11 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 26 |
| Irfan Pathan | 12 | 22 | – | – | 22 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 9 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 22 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 8 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 7 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| Hardik Pandya | 6 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 18 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 23 | 17 | – | – | 17 |
Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga has the record of taking the most wickets in this event. After playing in 15 matches, Malinga had taken 33 wickets. Kuldeep needs to take eight more wickets to break Malinga's record and become the highest wicket-taker of this event.
Most wickets in Asia Cup (ODIs + T20Is)
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | ODIs | ODI WKTS | T20Is | T20I WKTS | TOTAL |
| Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | 14 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 33 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 24 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | India | 20 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 29 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 18 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 28 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | India | 11 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 26 |
| Ajantha Mendis | Sri Lanka | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Saeed Ajmal | Pakistan | 12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
In the shortest format of the Asia Cup, Kuldeep has taken seven wickets after playing in two matches till now. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has the record of taking the most wickets for India in this tournament. After playing in six matches, he had taken 13 wickets. Besides him, Hardik Pandya had taken 12 wickets under his kitty after playing in 10 matches, and Jasprit Bumrah has taken nine wickets after playing in seven matches.
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Most wickets for India in Asia Cup (T20Is)
| PLAYER | MATCHES | WICKETS | BEST FIGURES | 5-WKT HAUL |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 6 | 13 | 5/4 | 1 |
| Hardik Pandya | 10 | 12 | 3/8 | 0 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 7 | 9 | 2/27 | 0 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 2 | 7 | 4/7 | 0 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 6 | 6 | 2/26 | 0 |
| Ashish Nehra | 4 | 6 | 3/23 | 0 |
Besides Kuldeep, Arshdeep Singh too can script history in the match against Oman. He needs just one wicket to achieve the milestone of taking 100 wickets in the shortest format. If he can take at least one wicket, then he will become the first Indian to join the 100-wicket club in T20Is.