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
(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
(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
(Updated till 11 September 2023)
