1st ball wicket in IPL debut: List of bowlers who picked a wicket on first ball of IPL career

Rishikesh Sharma | 16/05/2022
1st ball wicket in IPL debut: List of bowlers who picked a wicket on first ball of IPL career

1st ball wicket in IPL debut: Matheesha Pathirana became the 9th bowler in the history of IPL to take a wicket on the first ball of IPL debut.

Making an IPL debut is a dream for many bowlers around, but taking a wicket on the first ball of the debut is the cherry on the cake. The same happened with Chennai’s Matheesha Pathirana when he took the wicket of Shubhman Gill on his very first IPL ball.

Matheesha Pathirana came in as a replacement of Adam Milne in the Chennai Super Kings. Matheesha Pathirana is a young Sri Lankan bowler, who has represented Sri Lanka in two U-19 World Cups (2020 and 2022). The slinging action of Matheesha Pathirana is very close to Sri Lankan legend Lasith Malinga.

In the game against Gujarat Titans, Matheesha Pathirana bowled the 8th over of the Gujarat Titans’ innings. Pathirana bowled a brilliant pacey fuller delivery, Shubhman Gill completely missed it, and he was plumb LBW. He was completely late on the shot, and Pathirana got his man.

1st ball wicket in IPL debut

Ishant Sharma was the first bowler to take a wicket on the very first ball of his IPL debut. In the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore, Ishant took the wicket of Rahul Dravid in IPL 2008. Wilkin Mota also did the same in IPL 2008, where the took the wicket of Suresh Raina.

In 2009, Shane Harwood, Amit Singh and Charl Langelveldt took the wickets on their first ball of the debut match. Ali Murtaza in IPL 2010 took the wicket of Naman Ojha.

In IPL 2019, West Indian pacer Alzarri Joseph took the wicket of David Warner on his very first IPL ball. In that game, he also took the best bowling figures in the history of the Indian Premier League.

Bowler Match Batter Year
Ishant Sharma Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Rahul Dravid 2008
Wilkin Mota Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings Suresh Raina 2008
Shane Harwood Rajasthan Royal vs Deccan Chargers Azhar Bilakhia 2009
Amit Singh Rajasthan Royal vs Punjab Kings Sunny Sohal 2009
Charl Langeveldt Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Rob Quiney 2009
Ali Murtaza Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals Naman Ojha 2010
TP Sudhindra Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings Faf du Plessis 2012
Alzarri Joseph Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad David Warner 2019
Matheesha Pathirana Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans Shubhman Gill 2022
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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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