Kolkata: Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh became the player with the most wickets for India in T20I cricket. He achieved the incredible feat during the first T20I clash between India and England at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.
Arshdeep surpassed leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal to achieve the significant feat. Arshdeep now has 97 wickets to his name in the T20Is, one more than Chahal (96 in 80 innings). The pacer, who debuted in 2022, also became the fastest to reach the milestone, taking just 61 innings.
𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 🔓
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 22, 2025
Say hello 👋 to #TeamIndia's leading wicket-taker in Men's T20Is 🔝
Well done, Arshdeep Singh 🙌 🙌
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Arshdeep reached the landmark with his second scalp of the match. He removed Phil Salt on a three-ball duck and picked up a wicket of another opener Ben Duckett (4) to achieve the milestone.
" you don't have to wait for long for the first wicket," says arshdeep singh! 👌 👌#TeamIndia strikes on the 3rd ball! 👍 👍
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 22, 2025
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Arshdeep, who was the highest wicket-taker in the 2022 (10) and 2024 T20 World Cups (17) and played a key role in India's historic triumph under Rohit Sharma's captaincy has become the mainstay of the Indian pacer bowling unit in the shortest format.
Last year, during a four-match T20I series vs South Africa, Arshdeep wrote his name in the history books by becoming the pacer with the most wickets in T20Is for India.
Arshdeep had an outstanding domestic season, finishing as the leading wicket-taker in the 2024-25 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He claimed 20 wickets in just 7 matches, boasting an impressive average of 18.25 and a remarkable economy rate of 5.62. His left-arm pace bowling was particularly lethal, as he concluded the tournament with a strike rate of 19.4.
Arshdeep was rewarded for his outstanding outings in domestic cricket as he was picked in India's Champions Trophy 2025 squad over Mohammed Siraj, who has been a mainstay in the ODI setup.
