Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Zaheer Khan: Bowlers to take the most wickets in powerplay in IPL
1. Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 73 wickets
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru seamer has picked up a massive number of scalps in the powerplay in IPL. Bhuvneshwar had a brilliant record while bowling for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the powerplay and that is the side, for whom he picked up the most wickets in the first 6 overs of an innings.
2. Trent Boult – 63 wickets
The Mumbai Indians seamer has a habit of picking up wickets in the powerplay and is particularly quite impressive during the first 6 overs of an innings. Boult has played for several different teams in the IPL and has taken a big number of wickets for almost every single one of them in the powerplay.
3. Deepak Chahar – 61 wickets
The Mumbai Indians pacer is known for picking up big wickets in the powerplay. Chahar very well knows how to use the new ball perfectly and thus, is quite effective during the first 6 overs of an innings. Most of these wickets came during his time with the Chennai Super Kings.
4. Sandeep Sharma – 60 wickets
The Rajasthan Royals pacer knows how to make good use of the new ball and rattle the opposing batting order during the first 6 overs of an inning. Sandeep has been playing IPL for a massive number of seasons now and ends up picking a good number of scalps in the powerplay in almost every edition.
5. Umesh Yadav – 58 wickets
The veteran India pacer has played for several different teams in the IPL. Umesh was super effective in the powerplay for almost every single franchise he played for. The seamer picked up a massive number of wickets in the first few overs of the innings in the league.
6. Ishant Sharma – 57 wickets
The Gujarat Titans pacer has picked up a massive number of wickets in the powerplay in IPL. Ishant has played for multiple franchises in the league and has given impressive performances for almost every single one of them during the first few overs of the innings.
7. Zaheer Khan – 52 wickets
The former India seamer played for various different franchises in the IPL and was known to take wickets during the powerplay. Zaheer was particularly impressive during the first few overs of the innings and caused massive problems for the opposing batting orders with his brilliant swinging deliveries.
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