The Asia Cup 2023 has been mostly dominated by the bowlers so far. From bowling out the opponent early in the innings to defending a low total, the bowlers have played a crucial role to lead their side towards. In a tournament where rain came as an unwanted guest and there was more turn due to wet soil, the spinners remained on top and turned out to be the constant wicket takers for their teams.
India’s left-arm spinner, Kuldeep Yadav is the leading wicket taker of the ongoing tournament so far with 9 scalps from four matches. Not only Kuldeep there are also other spin or fast bowlers who troubled batters the most and made it to the list of leading wicket takers in Asia Cup 2023. Here’s a list of the top 10 bowlers with most wickets in the tournament.
Top Players with Most Wickets in Asia Cup 2023
No | Bowler | Team | Wkts | Mat | Ovs | BBI | Balls | Avg | Ecn | R | 4-Fers | 5-Fers |
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1 | Matheesha Pathirana | SL | 11 | 6 | 40.5 | 4/32 | 245 | 24.55 | 6.61 | 270 | — | — |
2 | Dunith Wellalage | SL | 10 | 6 | 42 | 5/40 | 252 | 17.9 | 4.26 | 179 | — | 1 |
3 | Mohammed Siraj | IND | 10 | 5 | 26.2 | 6/21 | 158 | 12.2 | 4.63 | 122 | — | 1 |
4 | Shaheen Afridi | PAK | 10 | 5 | 41 | 4/35 | 246 | 23.5 | 5.73 | 235 | 1 | — |
5 | Kuldeep Yadav | IND | 9 | 5 | 28.3 | 5/25 | 171 | 11.44 | 3.61 | 103 | 1 | 1 |
6 | Haris Rauf | PAK | 9 | 4 | 25 | 4/19 | 150 | 13.33 | 4.8 | 120 | — | — |
7 | Taskin Ahmed | BAN | 9 | 4 | 33.3 | 4/44 | 201 | 19.11 | 5.13 | 172 | — | — |
8 | Maheesh Theekshana | SL | 8 | 5 | 45.1 | 3/69 | 271 | 29.13 | 5.16 | 233 | — | — |
9 | Shoriful Islam | BAN | 7 | 4 | 29 | 3/36 | 174 | 18.71 | 4.52 | 131 | — | — |
10 | Naseem Shah | PAK | 7 | 4 | 28.5 | 3/34 | 173 | 20 | 4.86 | 140 | — | — |
11 | Hardik Pandya | IND | 6 | 5 | 20.2 | 3/3 | 122 | 11.33 | 3.34 | 68 | — | — |
12 | Ravindra Jadeja | IND | 6 | 6 | 35 | 3/40 | 210 | 25.33 | 4.34 | 152 | — | — |
13 | Shadab Khan | PAK | 6 | 5 | 41.4 | 4/27 | 250 | 40.83 | 5.88 | 245 | — | — |
14 | Shardul Thakur | IND | 5 | 4 | 18 | 3/65 | 108 | 21.4 | 5.94 | 107 | — | — |
15 | Gulbadin Naib | AFG | 5 | 2 | 18 | 4/60 | 108 | 23.6 | 6.56 | 118 | — | — |
*Last Updated 18 September 2023