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Junaid Siddique bowled four overs for UAE on Wednesday and picked up 4 wickets for 18 runs. His super show helped the UAE restrict Pakistan to 146/9.
Junaid Siddique breaks Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s record of best bowling figures in Asia Cup T20Is against Pakistan. (Picture Credit: AFP)
Junaid Siddique is leading the UAE’s bowling attack in the Asia Cup 2025, and on Wednesday, September 17, during his team’s third Group A match of the ongoing premier continental event, he picked up four wickets for 18 runs in four overs against Pakistan. In the match taking place at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Junaid opened his wicket account by dismissing Saim Ayub for a two-ball duck on the fourth ball of the match and then removed his opening partner Sahibzada Farhan for 5 runs from 12 balls on the fourth ball of the third over.
Junaid picked up his third wicket in the form of Mohammad Nawaz. Nawaz could only manage to score 4 runs before losing his wicket on the fifth ball of the 17th over.
And then on the fifth ball of the 19th over of Pakistan’s innings, Junaid bowled Mohammad Haris (18 runs from 14 balls) to complete his four-fer.
The figures of 4/18 in four overs helped Junaid break Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s record and register the best bowling figures in Asia Cup T20Is against Pakistan.
Best bowling figures in Asia Cup T20Is against Pakistan
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | OVERS | RUNS | WICKETS | VENUE | DATE |
| Junaid Siddique | UAE | 4 | 18 | 4 | Dubai | September 17, 2025 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | 4 | 26 | 4 | Dubai | August 28, 2022 |
| Pramod Madushan | Sri Lanka | 4 | 34 | 4 | Dubai | September 11, 2022 |
| Hardik Pandya | India | 3.3 | 8 | 3 | Mirpur | February 27, 2016 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | India | 4 | 18 | 3 | Dubai | September 14, 2025 |
During the 2022 India-Pakistan Asia Cup match played in Dubai on August 28, Bhuvneshwar picked up four wickets for 26 runs in four overs.
The bowling figures of 4/18 in four overs helped Junaid register the best bowling figures in Asia Cup T20Is for the UAE. He improved his record of 4/23 in four overs. The back-to-back four-wicket hauls in the 2025 Asia Cup helped Junaid become only the second bowler in the history of the Asia Cup T20Is to take two four-fers. Before him, only Bhuvneshwar has achieved this feat.
Best bowling figures for UAE in Asia Cup T20Is
| PLAYER | OVERS | RUNS | WICKETS | AGAINST | VENUE | DATE |
| Junaid Siddique | 4 | 18 | 4 | Pakistan | Dubai | September 17, 2025 |
| Junaid Siddique | 4 | 23 | 4 | Oman | Abu Dhabi | September 15, 2025 |
| Mohammad Naveed | 4 | 14 | 3 | Hong Kong | Fatullah | February 21, 2016 |
| Rohan Mustafa | 2.5 | 19 | 3 | Afghanistan | Fatullah | February 19, 2016 |
| Amjad Javed | 4 | 25 | 3 | Sri Lanka | Mirpur | February 25, 2016 |
Most four-fers in Asia Cup
| BOWLER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | WICKETS | 4-FERS |
| Junaid Siddique | UAE | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | 6 | 13 | 2 |
| Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | India | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Pramod Madushan | Sri Lanka | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Best bowling figures in Asia Cup T20Is
| PLAYER | TEAM | OVERS | RUNS | WICKETS | AGAINST | VENUE | DATE |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | 4 | 4 | 5 | Afghanistan | Dubai | September 8, 2022 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | India | 2.1 | 7 | 4 | UAE | Dubai | September 10, 2025 |
| Shadab Khan | Pakistan | 2.4 | 8 | 4 | Hong Kong | Sharjah | September 2, 2022 |
| Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | 4 | 17 | 4 | Hong Kong | Mirpur | February 22, 2016 |
| Junaid Siddique | UAE | 4 | 18 | 4 | Pakistan | Dubai | September 17, 2025 |
| Junaid Siddique | UAE | 4 | 23 | 4 | Oman | Abu Dhabi | September 15, 2025 |
For UAE, apart from Junaid, spinner Simranjeet Singh picked up 3 wickets. Simranjeet bowled four overs and conceded 26 runs to get rid of three Pakistani batters.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
September 17, 2025, 23:01 IST
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