India’s Arshdeep Singh is making wickets fall at a remarkable pace. The left-arm pacer has not only become the fastest fast bowler to reach 150 wickets in T20 Internationals but has also set a new benchmark for the most wickets taken by a bowler from a Full Member nation in a calendar year.
Arshdeep needed just 2,143 deliveries to reach the 150-wicket landmark, putting him ahead of every fast bowler who has achieved the feat. Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman previously held the record, having taken 2,532 balls.
Only Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga (2,035 balls) and Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan (2,098 balls) have reached the milestone in fewer deliveries, placing Arshdeep third overall among bowlers.
What makes the achievement even more striking is the speed with which he has built his wicket tally. Arshdeep took just 1,577 days from his T20I debut to reach 150 wickets, breaking Hasaranga’s previous record of 2,325 days to become the quickest bowler to the landmark in terms of elapsed time.
The Indian pacer has another reason to celebrate. With 40 T20I wickets in 2026, he has become the highest wicket-taker in a calendar year among players from Full Member nations.