Best bowling figures in IPL history: IPL best bowling figures

Rishikesh Sharma | 10/05/2022
Best bowling figures in IPL history: IPL best bowling figures

Best bowling figures in IPL history: Jasprit Bumrah bowled the fifth-best bowling spell in the history of the Indian Premier League.

In the 56th league match of Indian Premier League 2022, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians by 52 runs in order to keep their campaign alive. Mumbai Indians lost the match, but Jasprit Bumrah bowled a brilliant spell, and he won the Player of the Match award as well.

Jasprit Bumrahs scalped five wickets by conceding just 10 runs in his quota of ten overs. He took the wickets of Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sheldon Jackson, Sunil Narine and Pat Cummins.

Best bowling figures in IPL history

West Indian pacer Alzarri Joseph has recorded the best bowling figures in the history of the Indian Premier League. During IPL 2019. Joseph scalped six wickets by conceding just 12 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad. The spell of Joseph helped Mumbai to register an easy win.

Pakistani players just played in the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League, and Sohail Tanvir made his mark in that tournament. Playing for the champions Rajasthan Royals, Tanvir scalped 6 wickets by giving away just 12 runs against Chennai Super Kings at the SMS Stadium in Jaipur.

Australian spinner Adam Zampa, who went unsold in the IPL 2022 auction has the third-best bowling figures in the IPL history. Zampa was playing for Pune in the IPL 2016, and he dismissed six batters of Sunrisers Hyderabad at the expense of just 19 runs. Anil Kumble scalped 5 wickets for just 5 runs in the IPL 2009.

It is interesting to note that there are seven pacers in the top-10 bowling figures in the Indian Premier League history. Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Ankit Rajpoot are the Indian pacers in the list, whereas Andre Russel, Sohail Tanvir, Alzarri Joseph and Lasith Malinga are the overseas players.

S No. Bowler Maidens Runs Wickets Team Oppostion Year Ground
1 Alzarri Joseph 1 12 6 Mumbai Indians Sunrisers Hyderabad 2019 Hyderabad
2 Sohail Tanvir 0 14 6 Rajasthan Royals Chennai Super Kings 2008 Jaipur
3 Adam Zampa 0 19 6 Rising Pune Supergiants Sunrisers Hyderabad 2016 Visakhapatnam
4 Anil Kumble 1 5 5 Royal Challengers Bangalore Rajasthan Royals 2009 Cape Town
5 Jasprit Bumrah 1 10 5 Mumbai Indians Kolkata Knight Riders 2022 Navi Mumbai
6 Ishant Sharma 0 12 5 Deccan Chargers Kochi Tuskers Kerala 2011 Kochi
7 Lasith Malinga 1 13 5 Mumbai Indians Delhi Capitals 2011 Delhi
8 Ankit Rajpoot 0 14 5 Punjab Kings Sunrisers Hyderabad 2018 Hyderabad
9 Andre Russel 0 15 5 Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians 2021 Chennai
10 Ravindra Jadeja 0 16 5 Chennai Super Kings Deccan Chargers 2012 Visakhapatnam
Post Edited By: Rishikesh Sharma
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An engineering graduate and an ardent sports fan, Rishikesh Sharma is covering cricket for three years now after not making peace with a corporate life and has written more than 5000 articles. While Sourav Ganguly made him fall in love with the sport, Brendon McCullum and Gautam Gambhir enhanced it. Apart from cricket, Rishikesh is a huge fan of Liverpool FC. When not watching sports, you will find him riding around Jaipur.

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