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Most Wicket Takers in Asia Cup History From 1988 to 2023

Most Wickets in Asia Cup
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The Asia Cup has attracted much interest and excitement over the years. India was crowned champion of the first Asia Cup in Sharjah, Dubai 1984.

With six championships ever since India has had the most success. Let’s find out which players took the most wickets in the Asia Cup from 1988 to the present.

Most Wickets in Asia Cup History

SpanPlayerMatWktsAveEco
2004-2018Lasith Malinga 153318.844.7
1995-2010Muthiah Muralidaran243028.833.75
2008-2014Ajantha Mendis82610.423.98
2008-2014Saeed Ajmal122519.44.21
2010-2018Shakib Al Hasan182430.415.05
1995-2008Chaminda Vaas192327.784.19
2008-2018Mashrafe Mortaza242342.695.82
2010-2018Ravindra Jadeja182226.594.56
2004-2012Irfan Pathan122227.55.54
1990-2008Sanath Jayasuriya252230.314.48

Lasith Malinga

The right-arm bowler, whose career lasted from 2004 to 2018, took 33 wickets at an average of 18.84 while playing for his team in 15 Asia Cup matches.

His 5/34 bowling average was among his finest. He helped Sri Lanka win the Asia Cup twice while maintaining a phenomenal economy of only 4.70 and picking up two 5-wicket and three 4-wicket hauls.

Muttiah Muralitharan

Muttiah Muralitharan, a spinner from Sri Lanka, is the next name on the list. The famous spinner, whose career peaked between 1995 and 2011, participated in 24 Asia Cup games. He recorded a total of 30 wickets throughout that time for his team.

The economy was only 3.75, and the bowling average was 28.83. In the Asia Cup matches he participated in for Sri Lanka, Murali had the best bowling statistics of 5/31. In addition, he earned 5- and 4-wicket hauls during his Asia Cup career.

Ajantha Mendis

Ajantha Mendis Mendis is the third player who takes the most wickets in Asia Cup history. He pulled up a remarkable 26 wickets in 8 games from 2008 to 2014. The economy was 3.98, and the average was slightly over 10.

Most Wicket Takers in Asia Cup 2023

Player
146.754.05
128.003.20
1213.505.40
1242.508.50
1113.006.50
1117.003.40
1154.006.00
1169.006.90
PlayerMatWktsAvgEco

Most Wickets in Asia Cup 2022

In Asia Cup 2022, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the highest wicket-taker. He took 11 wickets in 5 matches with an average of 10.45, and the economy rate is 6.05.

PlayerMatWktsAvgEco
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
51110.456.05
Wanindu Hasaranga6918.897.39
Mohammad Nawaz6813.755.89
Shadab Khan5814.136.05
Haris Rauf6819.137.65
Mujeeb Ur Rahman5715.865.55
Naseem Shah5719.717.67
Chamika Karunaratne6720.719.06
Pramod Madushan 269.178.92
Rashid Khan5610.76.55

Most Wickets in Asia Cup 2018

Rashid Khan was the player who took the highest wickets in the Asia Cup 2018. He took ten wickets in five matches with an average rate of 17.2.

PlayerMatWktsAve
Rashid Khan51017.2
Mustafizur Rahman51018.5
Kuldeep Yadav61023.7
Jasprit Bumrah4816
Ravindra Jadeja4722.28
Mujeeb Ur Rahman5723.57
Shakib Al Hasan4724.57
Thisara Perera2617.66
Rubel Hossain5622.5
Kedar Jadhav6623.16

2016 Highest Wickets in Asia Cup

PlayerMatWktsAve
Amjad Javed71214.08
Al-Amin Hossain51112.18
Mohammad Naveed71113.18
Mohammad Amir4711.57
Nuwan Kulasekara4713.57
Hardik Pandya5714.71
Jasprit Bumrah 5615.66
Ashish Nehra4616.5
Rohan Mustafa7624.33
Rashid Khan3514.2

Highest Wickets in Asia Cup 2014

PlayerMatWktsAve
Lasith Malinga41117.2
Saeed Ajmal51118.5
Ajantha Mendis3923.7
Ravichandran Ashwin
4916
Mohammad Shami4922.28
Ravindra Jadeja4723.57
Mirwais Ashraf4624.57
Suranga Lakmal4617.66
Chaturanga de Silva5522.5
Mohammad Hafeez5523.16

Most Wicket Taker in Asia Cup 2012

PlayerMatWktsAve
Umar Gul4923.11
Saeed Ajmal4820.12
Aizaz Cheema4824.5
Abdur Razzak4625.66
Mashrafe Mortaza4629.5
Shakib Al Hasan4633.16
Ravichandran Ashwin3530.2
Irfan Pathan3532.4
Praveen Kumar3536
Nazmul Hossain2417

Most Wicket Takers in Asia Cup 2010

PlayerMatWktsAve
Lasith Malinga5914
Ashish Nehra5621
Zaheer Khan5624.66
Praveen Kumar5625
Farveez Maharoof5527.2
Shakib Al Hasan5534.2
Shafiul Islam2536
Virender Sehwag346.25
Shoaib Akhtar5430
Ravindra Jadeja5432

Highest Wickets in Asia Cup 2008

PlayerMatWktsAve
Ajantha Mendis5178.52
Muttiah Muralitharan
51116.72
Sohail Tanvir51024.1
Iftikhar Anjum5923.33
RP Singh5734.14
Abdur Razzak5735.28
Zahid Shah2616.33
Piyush Chawla3621.33
Shahadat Hossain5638.66
Ishant Sharma5647.83

Most Wicket Takers in Asia Cup 2004

PlayersMatWktsAve
Irfan Pathan61416.28
Sachin Tendulkar51212.25
Nuwan Zoysa51015.6
Shoaib Malik5914.55
Mohammad Sami5821.87
Upul Chandana6729
Chaminda Vaas4619.83
Shoaib Akhtar4623.83
Muttiah Muralitharan5625.5
Abdul Razzaq5626.16

Most Wicket Takers in Asia Cup 2000

In the 2000 Asia Cup, Abdul Razzaq became the most wicket-taker, taking eight wickets in 3 matches. His bowling average was 9.25, and his strike rate was 14.5. The best performance of Razzaq is on 4/29.

PlayersMatWktsAve
Abdul Razzaq389.25
Azhar Mahmood4521.2
Arshad Khan4528
Wasim Akram3420.25
Mohammad Akram4351
Imran Nazir413
Shabbir Ahmed1140
Shahid Afridi4192
Shoaib Malik10

Most Wickets in Asia Cup 1997

Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad picked up seven wickets in four matches with an average of 17.

PlayersMatWktsAve
Venkatesh Prasad4717
Saqlain Mushtaq3612.66
Sanath Jayasuriya4624.5
Robin Singh4513.6
Chaminda Vaas3519.4
Sajeewa de Silva4523.4
Kabir Khan3418
Kumar Dharmasena3434.75
Aaqib Javed3318.33
Minhajul Abedin3335.66

Most Wickets in Asia Cup 1994/95

In the 1995 Asia Cup, Anil Kumble took seven wickets in 4 matches with an average of 19.85. His best performance came on April 5 against Bangladesh in the opening tournament game.

PlayersMatWktsAve
Anil Kumble4719.88
Venkatesh Prasad3618.66
Aaqib Javed259.6
Saiful Islam3620
Muttiah Muralitharan4522.20
3415
3421.25
3428.75
4432.5
4438.5

Most Wickets in Asia Cup 1990-91

In the 1991 Aisa Cup, Kapil Dev took nine wickets in the three games with an average of 10.66 and a strike rate of 17.5 per over. In the championship match v Sri Lanka, he had a best of 4/31. India won the game by seven wickets to win the Asia Cup for the third time.

PlayersMatWktsAve
Kapil Dev 3926.2
Atul Wassan3527
Rumesh Ratnayake2414.5
Sanath Jayasuriya3320
Arjuna Ranatunga3212
Don Anurasiri2219
Saradindu Mukherjee3229
Manoj Prabhakar3229
Venkatapathy Raju
3228
Pramodya Wickramasinghe1123

Most Wickets in Asia Cup 1988/89

In the Asia Cup 1988, the Indian off-break bowler Arshad Ayub took the highest wickets. He took nine wickets with an average of 13.33. His finest performance was a 5/21 against Pakistan in a match in which India easily defeated their arch-rivals.

PlayerMatWktsAve
Arshad Ayub7913.33
Kapila Wijegunawardene4816.50
Ravindran Ratnayake4718.85
Kapil Dev4616.50
Abdul Qadir 3617.0
Krishnamachari Srikkanth4411.75
Wasim Akram3418.25
Maninder Singh4423.75
Iqbal Qasim134.33
Graeme Labrooy2322

Most Wickets in Asia Cup 1985/86

3712.85
3614
2614.33
3515.6
3426.25
235.66
1313.33
1313.33
2317
3230

Most Wickets in Asia Cup 1983/84

2310.66
2312.66
2313.33
2319.32
2216.5
2229.5
2235.5
2236.5
2239
Aqeel Ahmad
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