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Arshdeep Singh entered his name in the history books on Friday by becoming the first bowler to take 100 wickets in T20Is for Team India.
Arshdeep Singh becomes first Indian to take 100 wickets in T20Is. (Picture Credit: AFP)
Arshdeep Singh is playing for India in the ongoing Asia Cup 2025 match against Oman. In the match taking place at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, Arshdeep has picked up one wicket so far, and his first wicket of the match helped him enter his name in the history books. He became the first Indian to take 100 wickets in T20Is. Arshdeep needed only one wicket to join the 100-wicket club in T20Is on Friday, and he achieved the objective in his fourth over of the match.
In the list of bowlers with the most wickets for India in T20Is, Arshdeep is followed by Yuzvendra Chahal, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
In 80 T20Is for Team India, Chahal has picked up 96 wickets, whereas Hardik has 95 wickets to his credit in 117 matches.
Bumrah, who is not playing Friday’s match against Oman, has accounted for the dismissal of 92 batters in 72 T20Is played so far.
Most wickets for India in T20Is
| BOWLER | MATCHES | WICKETS | BEST FIGURES |
| Arshdeep Singh | 64 | 100* | 4/9 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 80 | 96 | 6/25 |
| Hardik Pandya | 117 | 96* | 4/16 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 72 | 92 | 3/7 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 87 | 90 | 5/4 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 43 | 77* | 5/17 |
| Axar Patel | 74 | 74 | 3/9 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 65 | 72 | 4/8 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 42 | 61 | 4/13 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 74 | 54 | 3/15 |
In addition to becoming the first Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in T20Is, Arshdeep also broke the record of being the fastest pacer in the world to take 100 wickets in T20Is.
Fastest pacers to take 100 wickets in T20Is
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES |
| Arshdeep Singh | India | 64* |
| Rizwan Butt | Bahrain | 66 |
| Haris Rauf | Pakistan | 71 |
| Mark Adair | Ireland | 72 |
| Bilal Khan | Oman | 72 |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | Pakistan | 74 |
| Junaid Siddique | UAE | 74 |
| Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | 76 |
| Karan Khatri Chhetri | Nepal | 80 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | Bangladesh | 81 |
The overall record of being the fastest bowler in the world to take 100 wickets in T20Is is in the name of Afghanistan’s T20I captain Rashid Khan. Rashid picked up his 100th wicket in T20Is on October 29, 2021, against Pakistan in Dubai in his 53rd match.
Fastest bowlers to take 100 wickets in T20Is
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES |
| Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 53 |
| Sandeep Lamichhane | Nepal | 54 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | Sri Lanka | 63 |
| Arshdeep Singh | India | 64* |
| Rizwan Butt | Bahrain | 66 |
| Haris Rauf | Pakistan | 71 |
| Ehsan Khan | Hong Kong | 71 |
| Mark Adair | Ireland | 72 |
| Bilal Khan | Oman | 72 |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | Pakistan | 74 |
| Junaid Siddique | UAE | 74 |
In T20Is, Arshdeep has picked up 18 wickets in 10 matches against South Africa and dismissed 14 West Indies batters in 10 matches.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
September 19, 2025, 23:55 IST
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