Most Wickets in IPL: Since its establishment in 2008, the Indian Premier League has become the most popular T20 league in the world. Renowned cricketers from all over the world love to grace this mega event with their batting crafts, bowling varieties, and passionate game strategies. Over the years, it has witnessed many record-breaking performances by the best of this field. Here we will have a look on the most wickets taken by a bowler in IPL history.
India is known for its batting pitches and achieving the highest wicket-taker rank is not for everyone. To reach this level, a bowler needs sheer dedication, lots of practice and patience and variety of balls to trouble a batsman. In cricket, we cannot predict anything but sticking to a fine line and length is what a bowler needs to put pressure on a batsman.
Many bowlers wish to be the highest wicket taker of any event but becoming a top wicket taker in the history of an event is remarkable. Diwyane Bravo holds this record before the season 0f 2023 but Yuvi Chahal is new ruler of this dream spot.
Als read here Most Runs in IPL 2008-2024 by A Player
Here is a list of 10 highest wicket takers with their number of wickets and bowling average throught the years.
Most Wickets in IPL 2008-2024
| Pos | Player | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Avg | E/R | BBI |
| 1 | YS Chahal | 137 | 500 | 3822 | 187 | 21.27 | 7.61 | 5/40 |
| 2 | DJ Bravo | 161 | 519.5 | 4360 | 183 | 23.82 | 8.38 | 4/22 |
| 3 | PP Chawla | 169 | 565.4 | 4696 | 178 | 27.21 | 7.85 | 4/17 |
| 4 | A Mishra | 169 | 565.4 | 4696 | 173 | 27.21 | 7.85 | 4/17 |
| 5 | R Ashwin | 190 | 666 | 4611 | 171 | 28.44 | 6.96 | 4/34 |
| 6 | SL Malinga | 122 | 471.1 | 3365 | 170 | 19.79 | 7.14 | 5/13 |
| 7 | B Kumar | 149 | 560.4 | 4119 | 170 | 26.03 | 7.34 | 5/19 |
| 8 | SP Narine | 154 | 599.1 | 4014 | 163 | 25.40 | 6.69 | 5/19 |
| 9 | RA Jadeja | 220 | 569.1 | 4315 | 151 | 29.55 | 7.58 | 5/16 |
| 10 | Harbhajan Singh | 163 | 569.2 | 4030 | 150 | 26.86 | 7.07 | 5/18 |
Three out of ten players are foreigners while 7 belongs to India to rank as one of the highest wicket taker bowler. Lets have a brief look into every bowler’s stat. Here is the list of top 5 and top 10 best bowler in IPL 2008-2024 and top 5 bowlers with Most Wickets in IPL>
Top 10 bowlers list with Most Wickets in IPL
1.YS chahal
Chahal is on top list of Most Wickets in IPL. Spinner Yuvi Chahal of Rajasthan Royals is the highest wicket taker now, surpassing Dwayne Bravo during IPL 2023. Chahal achieved this landmark with the dismissal of Nitish Rana in a nail biting match in Kolkata reaching a total of 187 wickets.
2. Dwayne Bravo
Allrounder DJ Bravo holds the 2nd rank in the list by playing through 2008 to 2022. He has been outstanding with both bat and ball but with ball he is utmost perfect, throwing finest deliveries to trap the batsman. He bid farewell to IPl by becoming the highest wicket taker in the season 2022.
3. Piyush Chawala
P. Chawla is next in the list with a hold on his bowling variations bringing him 178 wickets in IPL. His leg breaking bigger stock works splendidly to dismiss any batsman. His best figures are 4/17.
4. Amit Mishra
With same bowling average and same bowling figures Mishra ranks a step lower to Chahal. He has been an attacking legbreak spinner with better big legbreak. He brings variations in flight and pace to overpower the batsman.
5. Ravichandran Ashwin
A tricky and difficult to read bowler, Ravi Ashwin has taken 170 wickets. He has been leading off spinner of the first quarter of 21st century helping Chennai Super kings win 2 titles. He is consistent in his form and leaves no room for the batter to get settled.
6. Lasith Malinga
Sri Lankan right arm pacer served Mumbai Indian for years to be the best of his time. His distinctive bowling style reflected a certain kind of aggression, bowling searing inswinging yorkers to destroy the opposition’s batting line up. His deceptive slower yorker and excellent bouncer were hard to pick up. He was one of his kind who is hugely missed in the cricket world.
7 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Singh
Bhuvaneshwar kumar brought both way swing, specifically producing destructive inswing to reach this hall mark. With his medium paced fast bowling, he understood and mastered the art of line and length. He gained five wickets haul too to come to this level.
8. Sunil Narine
West indian allrounder Sunil Narine is a high profil T20 bowler equipped with different varieties of skidders, knuckleballs, carrom balls and more. He always had tricks to manipulate the strategy of the batters to exploit them to dismissal. A fine bowler indeed!
9 Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra Jadeja, former captain of CSK, is an elite of the Indian spin department, rightly deserving for this spot in top 10 list. In 2012, he was the most expensive player in the IPL. He gets 115 wickets with the best 5/16 figure to claim this spot.
10 Harbhajan Singh
A passionate player with unwavering talent, Harbhajan Singh marks at number 10. Working with different franchises including RR, CSK and MI, he displayed outstanding and miraculous bowling spells to dismiss the batsman. Changing his length and pace, climbing wickedly from a length and forcing a quick jab brought him many wickets.
Conclusion
Cricket is a sport evolving day by day transforming into shorter formats, aggressive approaches, and skillful bowling mindsets. Batters discovered 360-angle shots and bowlers brought more pace and tricks to out the batsman. With such evolution, records are breaking every other day but the secret lies in constant hard work, determination, and motivation to be at the top, to be the best.