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Top 10 bowling figures in history of IPL are mentioned in this article.
IPL has always been the source of entertainment for cricket fans. Fans not only enjoy hard hits and ball crossing the boundaries but also energetic balls by their favorite pacers. Fans love to see their favorite bowlers dismissing the player of opponent team. With each wicket, game becomes more attention seeking. Top 10 bowling figures in history of IPL must be a very interesting information for all cricket lovers.
There are many bowlers in the history of IPL who have bowled brilliantly and achieved thrilling records. Here are the details of top 10 bowling figures in history of IPL
Here is Top 10 bowling figures in history of IPL
1. Alzarri Joseph
Joseph picked up 6 wickets giving away 12 runs while playing against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2019.Spell made by him is the best ever in IPL.
His spell helped Mumbai Indians to register victory by restricting SRH to just 96 runs, when the score made by MI was 136.
2. Sohail Tanvir
Tanvir picked up 6 wickets giving away 14 runs while playing against the Chennai Super Kings in 2008.
He became the highest wicket-taker in the inaugural edition as he picked up 22 wickets in 11 matches and given vital contribution to Rajasthan Royals to win.
3. Adam Zampa
Zampa is second bowler after Tanvir to pick six wickets in a an innings in history of IPL
While playing against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016 he achieved the bowling figure of 6/19. Zampa was playing for the team Rising Pune Supergiants . His brilliant bowling efforts were not able to make his team achieve victory.
4. Anil Kumble
Kumble bagged 5 wickets for as many runs while playing against defending champion Rajasthan Royals in 2009 .He helped Royal Challengers Bangalore to achieve 75-run win by bowling 3.1 overs.
5. Ishant Sharma
Ishant Sharma,picked up 5 wickets giving away 12 runs while playing against the Kochi Tuskers Kerala. He achieved the record of bagging 71 wickets in 90 matches in history of IPL.
Playing for Deccan Chargers in 2011, he left the team of Mahela Jayawardene gasping for air at 11 for 6 after four overs during the chase of 130.
6. Lasith Malinga
Lasith Malinga has picked up 170 wickets and achieved record for picking the most number of wickets history of IPL.
He picked up 5 wickets giving away 13 runs while playing against the Deccan Chargers, for Mumbai Indians in 2011.
7. Ankit Rajpoot
Rajpoot picked up five wickets giving away 14 runs in 2018 and given a vital contribution to take his team Kings XI Punjab towards victory by restricting Sunrisers Hyderabad to a total of 132. Figures achieved by him in this match was best bowling figure of his IPL carrer.
8. James Faulkner
Faulkner is the first player in history of IPL, who took many five-wicket hauls when he bagged 2 in 2013.
He picked up five wickets giving away 16 runs while playing against Sunrisers Hyderabad but he his efforts went in vain as he was unable to take his team towards victory.
9. Ravindra Jadeja
Jadeja achieved his best figures while playing against Deccan when he picked up 5 wickets giving away 16 runs in 2012.He was playing for Chennai Super Kings and gave a vital contribution to make his team achieve victory.
He was introduced in 11th over and bowled brilliantly to remove Parthiv. The energy of his balls did not went down and he removed Manpreet Gony and DB Ravi also.Show continued with dismissing Teja, Dale Steyn and Bharat Chipli.His excellent bowling helped Chennai Super Kings to win , restricting Deccan to 119 in reply to score of 193.
10. Amit Mishra
Mishra picked up 160 wickets and he is on second position in the list of top wicket-takers in IPL history. He has also made the record of 3 hat-tricks and this most by any player in history of IPL.
Mishra achieved his best bowling figures by picking up 4 wickets for 17 runs against Deccan Chargers in 2008.
