
T20 cricket has long acknowledged the importance of the batsman’s game. The restrictions get shorter as bat weight increases. In T20 cricket, bowlers must put in a lot of effort to succeed. Many exceptional bowlers have outsmarted batsmen in the Indian Premier League (IPL) with their guile, foresight, and fearlessness.
Teams would frequently spend a large amount of money on hitters in prior IPL auctions. Bowlers now command a high price in IPL auctions because of the altered T20 cricket methods. A great bowler is precious to an IPL franchise. IPL teams are a crucial source of important innovations and successful runs. Find out who has played in the IPL the finest death overs.
Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah, Harbhajan Singh, Rashid Khan, Sunil Narine, and Yuzvendra Chahal for MI, SRH, KKR, and RCB, respectively, are among the first names that pop to mind when we hear about a team that largely depends on bowlers to give strong periods.
Most wickets against each team
Opponent | Wickets | Player | Teams | Matches | Innings | Runs | Period | |
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CSK | 31 | Lasith Malinga | MI | 21 | 21 | 590 | 2009-2019 | |
DC | 19 | 8 | 8 | 144 | 2009-2012 | |||
DD | 24 | Harbhajan Singh | MI/CSK | 23 | 22 | 563 | 2009-2019 | |
GL | 12 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | SRH | 5 | 5 | 130 | 2016-2017 | |
GT | 6 | Umran Malik | SRH | 2 | 2 | 64 | 2022-2022 | |
Kagiso Rabada | PBKS | 68 | ||||||
KTK | 5 | Ishant Sharma | DC | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2011 | |
KKR | 30 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | PWI/SRH | 25 | 25 | 706 | 2011-2022 | |
LSG | 7 | Josh Hazlewood | RCB | 2 | 2 | 68 | 2022-2022 | |
MI | 33 | Dwayne Bravo | CSK/GL | 21 | 21 | 600 | 2012-2022 | |
PWI | 12 | Lasith Malinga | MI | 6 | 6 | 143 | 2011-2013 | |
PBKS | 33 | Umesh Yadav | DD/KKR/RCB | 20 | 20 | 564 | 2012-2022 | |
RR | 30 | Amit Mishra | DD/DC/SRH | 19 | 19 | 483 | 2008-2020 | |
RPS | 7 | Jasprit Bumrah | MI | 6 | 6 | 176 | 2016-2017 | |
RCB | 26 | Ravindra Jadeja | RR/KTK/CSK/GL | 30 | 26 | 603 | 2008-2022 | |
SRH | 22 | Dwayne Bravo | CSK/GL | 16 | 16 | 464 | 2013-2022 |
Lasith Malinga
The fact that famed MI pacer Lasith Malinga is ranked first comes as no surprise. Malinga has the best economy rate of all the pacers on the list (7.1). He also has the greatest bowling average among all pacers (19.8).
Ravindra Jadeja
Of all the bowlers on this list, DJ Bravo has the lowest economy rate (8.4), and Ravindra Jadeja has the lowest bowling average (27.5). There are some well-known individuals on this list, such as Bumrah and Bhajji for MI, Chahal for RCB, and Bhuvneshwar (Kumar) for SRH.
Harbhajan Singh
Harbhajan Singh made his league debut against Royal Challengers Bangalore while playing in the first-ever Indian Premier League with the Mumbai Indians (MI) (RCB). In the 160 games he has played thus far, Singh has 150 wickets, conceding 7.05 runs per over. His best bowling performances are a 5 for 18. His highest personal total is 64, and he has amassed 829 runs overall with a strikeout rate of 137.22. Till the 2017 IPL season, Harbhajan Singh played an important role for the Mumbai Indians. However, he was purchased by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the IPL 2018 auction for Rs 2 crore.
Ishant Sharma
Ishant Sharma, the third-best bowler overall with unrivaled bowling statistics in all IPL seasons, is listed at number five. While playing for the Deccan Chargers, a side captained by Kumar Sangakkara, Ishant grabbed five wickets against Kochi Tuskers Kerala. In just three tries, he completed this. Kochi Tuskers had been assigned a mini-goal of 130 runs by DC, but Ishant Sharma restrained the Kochi Tuskers hitters and helped his team win.
Amit Mishra
The experienced bowler for the Delhi Capitals, Amit Mishra, is close to breaking the IPL record for most wickets taken. In the lucrative T20 game, Lasith Malinga, a former cricketer for the Mumbai Indians and Sri Lanka, presently holds the record for most wickets taken. To surpass that number, the 38-year-old aggressive leg-spinner only needs five more. If Mishra can take five more wickets, he will surpass Malinga to become the IPL’s all-time leading wicket-taker, who now has 166.
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