ASIA CUP 2025
India beat Pakistan by 5 wickets to win the Asia Cup © Getty
17-0India’s record in multi-nation T20 tournaments since the start of 2023, across 18 matches. The won the Asian Games in 2023 in China where the finals was a washout and they won on higher seeding. They became the first team to win a T20 World Cup staying unbeaten in the Caribbean and USA last year and had a spotless record in Asia Cup 2025, with one win coming via Super Over.
5-8 India’s win-loss record against Pakistan in finals across formats. The previous wins for India against Pakistan in finals came in the Benson & Hedges World Series in Melbourne in 1985, Independence Cup in Dhaka in 1998 (they won best of three finals 2-1) and the World T20 2007 in Johannesburg. This was India’s ninth Asia Cup title (seven in ODIs and two in T20Is), the most by any team, and their fourth in the last five editions.
81.25% India’s success rate against Pakistan in T20Is, inclusive of Super Over results. Among Full Member sides that have had at least 15 head-to-head contests, only two other match-ups have been more once sided – India vs Bangladesh and Pakistan against Zimbabwe.
Highest win% vs an opponent
Team Opposition Mat Won Lost NR Win% India Bangladesh 18 17 1 0 94.4% Pakistan Zimbabwe 21 18 3 0 85.7% India Pakistan 16 13 3 0 81.3% Pakistan Bangladesh 26 21 5 0 80.8%
15+ H2H matches; only bw two Full Member teams
Highest win% vs an opponent
9-0 India’s record against Pakistan in run chases in T20Is. This is the most by a team against a specific opponent where they have a 100% win record chasing. The previous most was eight by Malaysia against Thailand, while the most involving a Full Member team is India’s 7-0 against Bangladesh.
Pakistan collapse like a pack of cards
33/9 Pakistan’s collapsed from 113/1 in the 13th over to their eventual total of 146. There have only been two other instances of a Full Member team collapsing after being 100+ for one wicket down, Sri Lanka being at the wrong end on both occasions. Pakistan’s batters outside their openers managed just 36 runs between them which happens to be their lowest aggregate in an all-out innings in T20Is, the previous lowest being 38 against Zimbabwe in Harare in 2021.
Biggest nine wicket collapses from 100+ for one down
Team Against From To Collapse Venue Year SL Aus 100/1 128 28/9 Colombo (RPS) 2022 SL Ind 140/1 170 30/9 Pallekele 2024 Pak Ind 113/1 146 33/9 Dubai 2025 Ban Zim 108/1 143 35/9 Mirpur 2024 Ire Eng 103/1 157 54/9 Melbourne 2022
Only bw two Full Member teams
8 wickets lost by Pakistan to spinners – the most they have lost against spin in a T20I, the previous most being six which happened on seven instances. Across seven matches in Asia Cup 2025, Pakistan lost 30 wickets to spin which is the most by a Full Member side in a competition surpassing England’s 29 in the five-match series at the start of this year.
Kuldeep Yadav scales new peaks
17 wickets by Kuldeep in this Asia Cup is the joint most by a player from a Full Member team in a competition equalling Fazalhaq Farooqi and Arshdeep Singh, both of whom managed the same tally in T20 World Cup last year.
Most wickets in a T20I competition (FM teams)
Player Competition Mat Wkts Avg Kuldeep Yadav Asia Cup 2025 7 17 9.29 Fazalhaq Farooqi T20 World Cup 2024 8 17 9.41 Arshdeep Singh T20 World Cup 2024 8 17 12.64 Wanindu Hasaranga T20 World Cup 2021 8 16 9.75
36 wickets by Kuldeep in Asia Cups across both ODIs and T20Is – the most by a player surpassing 33 by Lasith Malinga. He has 19 wickets in 11 Asia Cup ODIs and 17 in even matches in the T20I version.
4/30 by Kuldeep is the third best figures in a T20I finals between two Full Member sides behind Mohammad Nawaz’s 5/19 against Afghanistan in Sharjah earlier this month and Ajantha Mendis’ 4/12 against West Indies at Colombo (RPS) in World T20 2012.
34 Wickets for Kuldeep in 15 T20Is since December 2023. There are only four other instances of a bowler picking more wickets in a sequence of 15 T20Is and only Rashid Khan has done so from a Full Member nation. The previous longest such sequence was Varun Chakravarthy’s 33 wickets that ended in the group stage game against Pakistan.
Most wickets in a 15-match sequence in T20Is
Bowler From To Wkts Avg Rashid Khan Feb 2018 Sep 2019 39 9.54 Kuldeep Yadav Dec 2023 Sep 2025 34 10.91 Varun Chakravarthy Nov 2021 Sep 2025 33 11.88 Arshdeep Singh Jun 2024 Jan 2025 32 11.78 Kuldeep Yadav Nov 2017 Dec 2019 32 11.97
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