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Most Wickets in Powerplay in IPL History

Gurpreet Singh
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Most Wickets in Powerplay in IPL History

In a fast-paced T20 format, where a couple of Overs might tilt the contest in favour of a particular team, the Powerplay Overs (1-6) become very crucial in setting the tone for the bowling or batting side for the remaining part of the innings.

As far as the ongoing 16th season of the Indian Premier League is concerned, fast bowlers in Trent Boult (7 wickets), Mohammed Siraj (7 wickets), and Arshdeep Singh (6 wickets) have done exceedingly well for their respective teams so far in this particular phase with the new ball.

Siraj in particular, who is also donning the Purple Cap at present after seven matches, has been the standout performer in the Powerplay for the RCB, bowling at an economy rate of mere 4.87 during this phase.

Boult, on the other hand, has already taken two consecutive double-wicket maidens for Rajasthan Royals, against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals in the ongoing season, while conceding runs in this phase at mere 6.06 runs per Over across the six innings thus far.

Most Wickets in Powerplay in IPL History

As far as the most number of wickets during the Powerplay Overs in the history of the IPL is concerned, Boult takes the sixth spot in the list with 47 wickets under his belt across 84 innings, at an praiseworthy economy rate of 7.01 runs per Over.

Placed at the top of the list is the Indian and Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who has scalped 58 wickets in the Powerplay across 150 IPL innings, at an economy rate of 6.00.

The likes of Sandeep Sharma (54), Umesh Yadav (53), Zaheer Khan (52), and Ravichandran Ashwin (47) follow Bhuvneshwar in the list.

BowlerInningsWicketsEconomy rate
Bhuvneshwar Kumar150586.00
Sandeep Sharma107546.88
Umesh Yadav123537.56
Zaheer Khan99526.74
Ravichandran Ashwin120476.67

Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians, and four-time title holders Chennai Super Kings are placed at the first and second spot respectively in the list of IPL teams with most wickets in the Powerplay.

While MI bowlers have scalped 353 wickets across 237 innings, CSK have dismissed 325 batters in this phase across 215 innings.

Following them in the top-5 list are Delhi Capitals (318 wickets), Royal Challengers Bangalore (311 wickets), and Punjab Kings (301 wickets.)

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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh

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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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