While India claimed a dominating victory against Pakistan in the Super Four clash at the Asia Cup 2023, the left-arm chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav recorded a fifer to destroy the opponent’s batting line-up. During that game, he also recorded the best bowling figures by a left-arm bowler in the Asia Cup history.
After India set the first innings total of 356/2 in 50 overs, thanks to four 50+ scores, including the unbeaten centuries of Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav was unplayable for the Pakistan batter. Pakistan scored 128/8 in 32 overs, where the last two batters couldn’t come to bat due to injuries, and India won the match by 228 runs.
Indian left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav created a record in the ODI Asia Cup history
Kuldeep finished the game with the bowling figures of 8-0-25-5. It was Kuldeep’s second ODI fifer and sixth five-wicket haul in international cricket.
Kuldeep Yadav (Image Credit: X)
Those were the best bowling figures by a left-arm bowler in the ODI Asia Cup history. The previous record was 10-1-48-5 by the left-arm Pakistan pacer Sohail Tanvir (vs Sri Lanka at Karachi on 29 June 2008).
Asia Cup ODI records: Best bowling figures by left-arm bowlers
Player (Team) | Bowling figures | Opposition | Venue | Date |
Kuldeep Yadav (India) | 8-0-25-5 | Pakistan | Colombo (RPS) | 11 September 2023 |
Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan) | 10-1-48-5 | Sri Lanka | Karachi | 29 June 2008 |
Wasim Akram (Pakistan) | 9-2-19-4 | Bangladesh | Moratuwa | 31 March 1986 |
Junaid Khan (Pakistan) | 9-1-19-4 | Bangladesh | Abu Dhabi | 26 September 2018 |
Ravindra Jadeja (India) | 10-0-29-4 | Bangladesh | Dubai (DSC) | 21 September 2018 |
(Updated till 11 September 2023)
Meanwhile, Kuldeep became the second Indian bowler to record a five-wicket haul in the ODI Asia Cup history. The off-spinner Arshad Ayub was the first Indian bowler to claim a fifer in the ODI Asia Cup history (in Asia Cup 1988).
Asia Cup ODI records: Best bowling figures by Indian bowlers
Player | Bowling figures | Opposition | Venue | Date |
Arshad Ayub | 9-0-21-5 | Pakistan | Dhaka | 31 October 1988 |
Kuldeep Yadav | 8-0-25-5 | Pakistan | Colombo (RPS) | 11 September 2023 |
Virender Sehwag | 2.5-0-6-4 | Bangladesh | Dambulla | 16 June 2010 |
Venkatesh Prasad | 5-1-17-4 | Pakistan | Colombo (SSC) | 20 July 1997 |
Piyush Chawla | 10-2-23-4 | Hong Kong | Karachi | 25 June 2008 |
(Updated till 11 September 2023)
Kuldeep became the fifth Indian bowler and third Indian spinner to record an ODI five-wicket haul against Pakistan.
India vs Pakistan in ODIs: Indian bowlers with five-wicket hauls
Player | Bowling figures | Venue | Date |
Sourav Ganguly | 10-3-16-5 | Toronto | 18 September 1997 |
Arshad Ayub | 9-0-21-5 | Dhaka | 31 October 1988 |
Kuldeep Yadav | 8-0-25-5 | Colombo (RPS) | 11 September 2023 |
Venkatesh Prasad | 9.3-2-27-5 | Manchester | 8 June 1999 |
Sachin Tendulkar | 10-1-50-5 | Kochi | 2 April 2005 |
(Updated till 11 September 2023)
