Kuldeep Yadav starred as India overcame a brilliant all-round effort from Sri Lanka's Dunith Wellalage to win a tense Asia Cup clash by 41 runs on Tuesday and book a place in the final. He also completed 150 ODI wickets in 88 matches.

Kuldeep Yadav's dominance in white-ball cricket continues as he finished with dominating figures of9.3-0-43-4) against Sri Lanka in a crucial Super Four game of the Asia Cup on Tuesday. After taking a five-wicket haul against Pakistan, Kuldeep ended up with four wickets against Sri Lanka, helping India defend a modest total of 213 runs.

Kuldeep's 150 wickets in 88 ODI matches is also the fastest for an Indian spinner as he surpassed Anil Kumble, who achieved the feat in 106 matches. Overall, he is now second fastest India bowler to reach 150 ODI wickets.

Fastest to 150 ODI wickets - by matches taken (India)
80 - Mohammed Shami
88 - Kuldeep Yadav
97 - Ajit Agarkar
103 - Zaheer Khan
106 - Anil Kumble
106 - Irfan Pathan

Overall, he is the fourth fastest spinner to achieve the feat behind Saqlain Mushtaq (78 matches), Rashid Khan (80 matches) and Ajantha Mendis (84 matches).

India skipper Rohit Sharma praised Kuldeep, who also took five wickets in his team's previous win over Pakistan, for his rhythm and consistency.

"For the past year or so, bowling really, really well. He has done a lot of hard work on his rhythm," said Rohit.