New Delhi: Yuzvendra Chahal became the first bowler to get to the milestone of 200 wickets in IPL. Here’s his journey to the landmark in numbers:
17It has taken 17 years for a bowler to breach the 200-wicket milestone in IPL. RP Singh was the first to the 50-wicket milestone in 2010 while Lasith Malinga was the first to get to both 100 and 150-wicket milestone, which he achieved in 2013 and 2017 respectively.
Most wickets in IPL (till end of MI batting innings)
| Player | Mat | Wkts | Avg | ER | SR | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y Chahal | 153 | 200 | 21.60 | 7.73 | 16.7 | 5/40 |
| D Bravo | 161 | 183 | 23.82 | 8.38 | 17.0 | 4/22 |
| P Chawla | 186 | 181 | 27.13 | 7.96 | 20.4 | 4/17 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 167 | 174 | 26.89 | 7.51 | 21.4 | 5/19 |
| Amit Mishra | 161 | 173 | 23.84 | 7.36 | 19.4 | 5/17 |
| R Ashwin | 204 | 172 | 29.89 | 7.08 | 25.3 | 4/34 |
| S Narine | 169 | 172 | 25.59 | 6.74 | 22.7 | 5/19 |
| L Malinga | 122 | 170 | 19.79 | 7.14 | 16.6 | 5/13 |
3Chahal became the third bowler to take 200+ wickets in a tournament. The two other player to do so before him are Danny Briggs and Samit Patel, who achieved it in the oldest T20 competition – the T20 Blast in England.
3 Yuzvendra Chahal is one of the three spinners to win the Purple Cap award (most wickets in a season) in IPL for his aggregate of 27 wickets for RR in 2022 edition. The ones to do previously were Praghyan Ojha who took 21 wickets for the now-defunct Deccan Chargers in 2010 and Imran Tahir who bagged 26 scalps for CSK in 2019.
27 wickets by yuzvendra Chahal in IPL 2022 is the joint-most by a spinner in a single edition of IPL alongside 27 by Rashid Khan for Gujarat Titans in 2023. Among Indian bowlers, there are only two instances of a bowler taking more wickets in a season: Harshal Patel (32 in 2021) and Mohammed Shami (28 in 2023).
5Instances of Chahal picking 20+ wickets in a season – the most times by any bowler, one more than the next best of four by Malinga. The next-best among spinners is three each by Sunil Narine and Rashid Khan.
Most wickets in a season for Chahal
| Year | Wkts | Avg | SR | ER | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27 | 19.52 | 15.1 | 7.75 | 5/40 |
| 2015 | 23 | 18.04 | 12.2 | 8.86 | 3/40 |
| 2016 | 21 | 19.10 | 14.1 | 8.16 | 4/25 |
| 2020 | 21 | 19.29 | 16.3 | 7.08 | 3/18 |
| 2023 | 21 | 20.57 | 15.1 | 8.18 | 4/17 |
| 2019 | 18 | 21.44 | 16.4 | 7.82 | 4/38 |
| 2021 | 18 | 20.78 | 17.7 | 7.06 | 3/11 |
4Chahal is one of the four bowlers to take 50+ wickets for two different franchises – 139 wickets for RCB between 2014 and 2021 and 61 wickets in the last three years with RR. Chahal made his IPL debut for MI – the team against whom he scalped his 200th victim – in 2013 and had figures of 0/34 in four overs in his only appearance for them. The others to achieve the feat are Piyush Chawla (PBKS & KKR), Axar Patel (PBKS & DC), and Rashid Khan (SRH & GT).
| Team | Mat | Wkts | Avg | ER | SR | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCB | 113 | 139 | 22.04 | 7.58 | 17.4 | 4/25 |
| RR | 39 | 61 | 20.06 | 8.11 | 14.8 | 5/20 |
| MI | 1 | 0 | NA | 8.50 | NA | NA |
60 Southpaws dismissed by Chahal in IPL – the third most by any bowler, behind 61 each his teammate R Ashwin and his former bowling coach Lasith Malinga.
Chahal wicket distribution
| Batting hand | Wkts | Avg | ER | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 140 | 19.25 | 7.21 | 16.0 |
| Left hand | 60 | 27.08 | 8.78 | 18.5 |
| Phase | Wkts | Avg | ER | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overs 1-6 | 17 | 30.94 | 7.92 | 23.4 |
| Overs 7-15 | 125 | 23.19 | 7.34 | 19.0 |
| Overs 16-20 | 58 | 15.34 | 9.15 | 10.1 |
6Chahal has dismissed three batters six times each in IPL – Quinton de Kock, Nitish Rana, and Mayank Agarwal. Among the batters who dominated Chahal, David Warner is at the top hitting 156 runs off him at a strike rate of 162.50 for two dismissals.
20 batters dismissed stumped off Chahal’s bowling, in line with him luring batters outside the crease with flight and beating them with dip and wider lines. Only Amit Mishra has foxed more batters with this mode of dismissal (28) in IPL.
1 for 6 in 4 overs with 18 dots:Figures for Chahal in the season opener against CSK at Chepauk in IPL 2019 – the joint most economical four-over spell in the history of IPL and the best by a spinner. It even included a maiden over.
