In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer")[1] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings.
There have been 16 instances of a bowler taking a five-wicket haul in Asia Cup games.
[b][a] The first five-wicket haul in the tournament was taken by India's Arshad Ayub in the 1988 tournament—he took five wickets for 21 runs against Pakistan.
Mendis' six wickets for 13 runs against India in the final of the 2008 edition is the best by any bowler across all tournaments.
India's Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the only bowler to have five-wicket haul in T20 Asia Cup.