Arshdeep Singh creates history! Breaks India’s all-time T20I record

Arshdeep Singh, India's top wicket-taker in T20Is, claimed two wickets for the Shreyas Iyer-led team in the second game of the ongoing series against New Zealand on Saturday, October 24. Tim Seifert, the Kiwi opener, was removed by Arshdeep in the opening over. In his final over of the game, he removed Glenn Phillips. Arshdeep reached 38 wickets in the current 2026 calendar year after taking Phillips out on the sixth ball of the 18th over of New Zealand's innings. Arshdeep broke the record for the most wickets taken by an Indian in a calendar year in T20Is this year with a total of 38. He surpassed Bhuvneshwar Kumar's 37-wicket total. In 2022, Bhuvneshwar represented India in 32 T20Is, dismissing 37 batters.

Indian Bowlers With Most T20I Wickets In Single Calendar Year

• Arshdeep Singh: 38 wickets in 29 matches (2026)
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 37 wickets in 32 matches (2022)
• Arshdeep Singh: 36 wickets in 18 matches (2024)
• Varun Chakaravarthy: 36 wickets in 20 matches (2025)
• Arshdeep Singh: 33 wickets in 21 matches (2022)
• Axar Patel: 32 wickets in 28 matches (2026)

Ali Dawood of Bahrain holds the record for the most wickets taken in T20Is in a single year. In 37 T20I matches in 2025, Ali Dawood dismissed 63 batters. Josh Little of Ireland leads the list of players from Full Member teams. In 2022, Little represented Ireland in 26 T20Is and claimed 39 wickets.

To surpass Little's total and claim the top spot, Arshdeep needs to take four wickets. Arshdeep is only four wickets away from becoming the first Indian to take 150 wickets in the 20-over style of the game, having already claimed 146 wickets in 100 T20Is. Eight bowlers have removed 150 or more batters in T20Is thus far, but none of them is Indian.

Arshdeep Singh has dismissed 47 batters while playing 33 T20Is for India at the home of the opponent. He will become the first Indian to take 50 T20I wickets in away games (at the opposition's home) if he is able to capture three more wickets in the third T20I. England's Adil Rashid holds the global record for the most T20I wickets taken at the opposition's home. In the 70 T20Is that have been played in the opposition's home, Rashid has dismissed 77 batters.

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