Most wickets in PSL history: Wahab Riaz becomes first player to take 100 wickets in Pakistan Super League

Gurpreet Singh | 17/02/2022
Most wickets in PSL history: Wahab Riaz becomes first player to take 100 wickets in Pakistan Super League

Most wickets in PSL history: Pakistan pacer Wahab Riaz scripted history by becoming the first player in PSL history to achieve the feat.

During the 24th match of the ongoing seventh season of the Pakistan Super League between Islamabad United and the Peshawar Zalmi at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Peshawar’s skipper Wahab Riaz got his name registered in the history books as he became the only player in Pakistan Super League’s history to reach the landmark figure of 100 wickets.

The moment arrived on the third delivery of the fifth Over of Islamabad United’s innings. Riaz bowled a quick, yet short delivery at around 139 km/h, outside the off-stump at Islamabad Southpaw batter Danish Aziz (0 off 3).

The pacey delivery took off from the length, and all Danish could manage was a thick outside edge of the blade through to the wicketkeeper Mohammad Haris, who let in a relatively simple catch inside his gloves.

It thus, took 75 PSL matches for the 36-year-old to achieve the landmark feat.

Most wickets in PSL history

Having been with the Peshawar Zalmi since the inception of the league in 2016, Wahab Riaz has picked up these 100 wickets at an average of 21.11, and a strike rate and economy rate of 16.7 and 7.57 respectively.

Placed second on the list is another Pakistani pacer- Hasan Ali, who is way behind with 78 wickets to his name across 62 matches, at an average of 23.14.

Player Span Matches Wickets Average
Wahab Riaz 2016-2022 75 100 21.11
Hasan Ali 2016-2022 62 78 23.14
Shadab Khan 2017-2022 59 63 24.01
Shaheen Shah Afridi 2018-2022 44 61 20.77
Mohammad Nawaz 2016-2022 66 61 25.78

As far as the ongoing PSL 7 is concerned, the Peshawar Zalmi skipper has picked up mere 6 wickets across 8 innings, at an average of 45.83.

Post Edited By: Gurpreet Singh
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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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