UAE bowler Junaid Siddiqui created history, breaking Bhuvneshwar Kumar's record in the Asia Cup
UAE Bowler Junaid Siddique: Although the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were eliminated from the Asia Cup 2025 tournament after losing to Pakistan by 41 runs on Wednesday, their fast bowler Junaid Siddique made history. Junaid Siddique broke Indian fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar's record in the Asia Cup T20. Junaid Siddique took four wickets for 18 runs in four overs against Pakistan.
Asia Cup 2025: Even though the United Arab Emirates (UAE) team was knocked out of the Asia Cup 2025 tournament after losing the match against Pakistan by 41 runs on Wednesday, their fast bowler Junaid Siddiqui has created history.
Junaid Siddiqui has broken the huge record of Indian fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the Asia Cup T20. Junaid Siddiqui took 4 wickets for 18 runs in 4 overs in the match against Pakistan.
During this, Junaid Siddiqui dismissed Saim Ayub (0), Sahibzada Farhan (5), Mohammad Nawaz (4) and Mohammad Haris (18).
UAE bowler Junaid Siddiqui created history
Junaid Siddiqui dismissed Saim Ayub for a duck on the fifth ball of Pakistan's first over. He then dismissed Sahibzada Farhan for 5 runs off 12 balls on the fourth ball of the third over.
Junaid Siddiqui claimed his third wicket when he dismissed Mohammad Nawaz on the fifth ball of the 17th over. Nawaz managed only 4 runs. Then, on the fifth ball of the 19th over, Junaid Siddiqui bowled Mohammad Haris (18 runs off 14 balls) to complete his four-wicket haul.
Junaid Siddiqui broke Bhuvneshwar Kumar's huge record.
Junaid Siddiqui took 4 wickets for 18 runs in 4 overs in the match against Pakistan. Junaid Siddiqui has broken Bhuvneshwar Kumar's record for the best bowling performance against Pakistan in the history of the Asia Cup T20.
It should be noted that Bhuvneshwar Kumar had previously taken 4 wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs against Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2022. Junaid Siddiqui has now surpassed Bhuvneshwar Kumar for the best bowling performance against Pakistan in the history of the Asia Cup T20.
Best bowling record for UAE
Junaid Siddiqui, who took 4 wickets for 18 runs in 4 overs, set the record for the best bowling figures for the UAE in the Asia Cup T20. Siddiqui improved his previous record of 4 wickets for 23 runs in 4 overs.
By taking two consecutive four-wicket hauls in the Asia Cup 2025, Junaid Siddiqui became the second bowler in the history of the Asia Cup T20 to achieve two four-wicket hauls. Before Junaid Siddiqui, only Bhuvneshwar Kumar had achieved this feat.