Asia Cup 2025: Arshdeep Singh becomes first ever Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in T20I cricket

Arshdeep Singh achieved the feat during the clash against Oman in Asia Cup 2025.

Indian Cricket Team took on Oman in their last group stage game of the ongoing Asia Cup 2025 on Friday, 19th September. The clash took place at Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Stadium, which saw India getting the best fight so far in the tournament.

After winning the toss and opting to bat first, India put 188 on the scoreboard. Opener Shubman Gill failed to make a mark with the bat, losing his wicket for just five runs. However, Abhishek Sharma scored a blistering knock of 38 runs off 15 deliveries, while Sanju Samson (56), who batted at three, hammered a half-century. Axar Patel (26) Tilak Varma (29) scored crucial runs as India piled up 188/8. For Oman, Shah Faisal, Jiten Ramanandi, and Aamir Kaleem clinched two wickets each.

India’s defense didn’t start well as Oman openers Jatinder Singh and Aamir Kaleem etched a partnership of 56 runs. Later, after Jatinder (32) got out, Kaleem (64) then added a 93-run stand with Hammad Mirza, who scored a half-century. At one stage, it even looked like Oman might pull off an upset in their first ever encounter against India in T20Is.

However, Indian bowlers defended the total and helped the side register a win by 21 runs.

Arshdeep Singh becomes first ever Indian to scalp 100 wickets in T20I cricket

India used eight bowlers in the game and only four of them were successful taking a scalp each, and one of them was Arshdeep Singh, who played his first game of the ongoing tournament. Although, he had to wait till the final over of the game to get his first wicket of the game, which eventually was his 100th wicket in the shortest format of the game.

Arshdeep Singh dismissed Oman wicket-keeper batter Vinayak Shukla for 1 to register his 100th wicket in T20I cricket, becoming the first ever Indian to achieve the record.

Top 5 Indian bowlers with most wickets in T20I cricket:

1. Arshdeep Singh – 100
2. Hardik Pandya – 96
3. Yuzvendra Chahal – 96
4. Jasprit Bumrah – 92
5. Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 90

Arshdeep achieved the feat in his 64th T20I for India, becoming the fourth fastest to achieve the feat in terms of matches taken and third fastest among test-playing nations.

Top 5 bowlers fastest to 100 T20I wickets:

1. Rashid Khan (AFG) – 53 matches
2. Sandeep Lamichhane (NEP) – 54 matches
3. Wanindu Hasaranga (SL) – 63 matches
4. Arshdeep Singh (IND) – 64 matches
5. Rizwan Butt (Bahrain) – 66 matches

After finishing at the top spot in group A, India will next take on Pakistan in their first match of Super Four round on Sunday, 21st September at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.

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