With his 84th wicket in the shortest format on Thursday at the Dubai International Stadium during his team's match against Afghanistan in the Super Four round of the Asia Cup 2022, senior bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar broke the record for most wickets taken in T20Is by an Indian player.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar plagued the Afghanistan top order in his four allotted overs, picking up his second five-for in the game's shortest format. He had a total of 84 wickets in his T20I career after finishing with a 5/4 in his four overs., surpassing Yuzvendra Chahal, a leg-spinner, who had previously taken 83 wickets.
With 122 wickets, Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is the top wicket-taker in T20 Internationals.
In addition, Bhuvneshwar beat Jasprit Bumrah's previous record for most wickets taken by an Indian in T20Is in a calendar year. He has more T20I wickets (31) in 2022 than Bumrah did in 2016, who had 28.
The record for taking the most T20I wickets in a calendar year belongs to Nepalese bowler Sandeep Lamichhane. In 18 games this year, he has 38 wickets.