Asia cup t20 record: T20 cricket is considered a game of batsmen, where bowlers often struggle to save runs. In such a situation, taking 5 wickets in an innings is not an easy task of any bowler’s “five wicket hall”. Especially Asia Cup-like tournament, where the top teams of Asia are face to face.

Indian fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has made such a record in the history of Asia Cup, which still gives him a different identity. So far, only Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been such an Indian bowler in the T20 Asia Cup matches, who have taken five wickets in an innings.

Bhuvi’s record-breaking performance

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has played 6 matches in the Asia Cup T20 between 2016 and 2022. He took a total of 13 wickets in these matches, but his most memorable performance was seen against Pakistan in the 2022 Asia Cup, when he took 5 wickets for just 4 runs. It was also the best bowling figure of his career.

Bhubaneswar’s bowling in this match was so sharp that Pakistan’s batting was completely shattered. No batsman could stand in front of his swing and accurate line-length.

From the point of view of data

Bhuvi’s specialty was not limited to taking wickets only, but he also gave very little runs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a total of 23 overs (138 balls) in his career of Asia Cup T20, including 3 maiden overs. He spent only 123 runs in these overs and bowled at an economy rate of 5.34. During this time, his strike rate (average balls in every wicket) was 10.61, which is very impressive in terms of any international tournament.

Not only this, Bhuvi has also taken 4 wickets and 5 wickets in his Asia Cup career once. These figures prove how economical and dangerous bowler he has been.