It was in 2019 that a 20-year old Arshdeep Singh, fresh off a title-winning U19 World Cup campaign with India, joined the Punjab Kings as a young prodigy. Mind you, he had only picked up 3 wickets in 2 games in the tournament but PBKS backed him as they picked him up at a base price of INR 20 Lakh. Arshdeep has only grown in stature since then and now he is the highest-wicket taker for Punjab Kings in the history of the franchise having been with them since 2019. Arshdeep started off with in the IPL with 3 wickets in his debut season in 2019, increased it to 8 in 2020 but truly came into the limelight in 2021 after being picked up by PBKS again as he picked up 18 wickets in the season ending as their second-highest wicket-taker. Also Read | Arshdeep Singh Crowned ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2024 In 2022, Arshdeep Singh was one of the only two players to be retained by PBKS as he was retained at INR 4 crore. He picked up 46 wickets in the next three seasons including a 19-wicket season in 2024 which is his best till date. PBKS did not retain him in the 2025 mega auction but they shelled out INR 18 crore and brought him back using the RTM option making Arshdeep the most-expensive Indian pacer in this history of IPL. Now in the 2025 season, Arshdeep has already picked up 10 wickets in 7 games and in doing so Arshdeep Singh has become the highest-wicket taker for PBKS going past Piyush Chawla's tally of 84 wickets, the leg-spinner who played for them from 2008-2013. Arshdeep got the wicket of Phil Salt in his very first over of the match against RCB today (April 18) which was his 85th wicket for PBKS and then he added Virat Kohli as his 86th. Also Read | 'There has been some harassment..' Sanjay Bangar's daughter drops controversial claims on cricketers Most wickets for Punjab Kings Name Matches Wickets Span Arshdeep Singh 72 86* 2019-25 Piyush Chawla 87 84 2008-13 Sandeep Sharma 61 73 2013-22 Axar Patel 68 61 2014-18 Mohammad Shami 42 58 2019-21