Top 5 Indian bowlers with most T20I wickets in 2025

Varun Chakravarthy was the Indian bowler with most T20I wickets in 2025.

T20I cricket was the Indian Cricket Team’s most loved format in 2025. They won 16 out of the 22 matches played this year. They lost just three games and three games ended in a no-result. Team India finished the year as the number-one-ranked team with T20I series wins against Australia and South Africa to cap off a memorable year.

India played T20I cricket against teams like England, Australia and South Africa this year, showing consistency with bat and ball. The bowlers especially had a gala time, especially playing on Indian pitches. Indian pacers and spinners both tasted success and turned up for the team in the toughest of situations.

In this article, we will look at India’s top five wicket-takers for India in T20I cricket. We will rank the bowlers from fifth to first, starting with the bowler who took the fewest wickets among all five. Meanwhile, the performance of the Indian bowlers in this calendar year is a good sign for the Indian team who recently announced their ICC T20 World Cup 2026 squad.

The bowlers featuring in this list are Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel and Varun Chakravarthy.

Indian bowlers with the most T20I wickets in 2025

5. Jasprit Bumrah – 14 Wickets from 11 innings

Listed at number five in this elite list of Indian bowlers is Jasprit Bumrah. He ended the year with 14 wickets in 11 T20I matches in 2025. He is currently ranked 18th in the list of T20I rankings for bowlers. Bumrah took all his wickets at an average of just 20.92 and an economy of below 8.

He took seven out of his 15 wickets in the Asia Cup 2025, including a 2/25 in the final against Pakistan. He took three wickets in the Australia T20I series and four in the series against South Africa.

4. Arshdeep Singh – 15 wickets from 11 innings

Arshdeep played just 11 T20I matches for India in 2025. He was made to sit out of the team in many of the games as the Indian think tank tried different bowling combinations. Despite that, he managed to pick up 15 wickets He had a better end to the year than he started it.

He took four wickets in the T20I series against Australia and five against South Africa. He had a tough time in the second T20I, bowling nine wides. He made a terrific comeback in the remaining games.

3. Axar Patel – 17 wickets from 15 innings

Indian all-rounder Axar Patel ended up as the third-highest wicket-taker for India in T20Is with 17 wickets to his name. Besides that, he made a few handy contributions with the bat as well. He took his wickets at an average of 19.17 and an economy of 6.93.

He took six wickets in the T20I series against England to start the year. Then he took another six wickets in the Asia Cup 2025. He took two wickets in the series against Australia and three more in the series against South Africa.

2. Kuldeep Yadav – 21 wickets in 9 innings

Kuldeep Yadav played 10 T20I games in 2025 and did not bowl in one of the games. He finished the year with 21 wickets at an average of 10.23 and an economy of 7.04. He took two four-wicket hauls in the games that he played.

He took 17 wickets in the Asia Cup 2025, including a 4 for 7 against the UAE. He took another four-wicket haul in the final against Pakistan (4 for 30).

1. Varun Chakravarthy – 36 wickets from 18 innings

Varun ended 2025 as India’s leading wicket-taker in T20I cricket with 36 wickets to his name. To back it up he also ended the year as the number one T20I bowler in the world. The mystery spinner now has 55 T20I wickets from just 33 matches being one of the fastest to get to that milestone.

Varun is India’s biggest weapon heading into the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 next year. He took 10 wickets in the T20I series against South Africa to cap off a memorable year.

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