Most IPL Wickets: Piyush Chawla vs SRH – Piyush Chawla has been aging like fine wine in the Mumbai Indians. The veteran spinner went on to register a major milestone when he went on to dismiss Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen in the ongoing Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians. The spin maestro scalped his 164rd wicket and thereby went on to go past the record of Ravi Ashwin in IPL. Follow Indian Premier League LIVE 2023 Updates on InsideSport.IN
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With this dismissal under his belt, Piyush Chawla now becomes the fifth highest wicket taker in the history of the Indian Premier League. Rajasthan Royals’ Ravi Ashwin too has 163 wickets under his belt. Up ahead, Amit Mishra has 169 wickets, while Lasith Malinga stands third with 170 wickets.
RR’s Yuzvendra Chahal dominates the second spot with 177 wickets while the top spot is retained by CSK legend Dwayne Bravo with 183 dismissals. As for Piyush Chawla, it took a special delivery to dismiss Abhishek Sharma. A tossed up googly bamboozled Sharma who gave a simple catch to Tim David at long off.
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Most Wicket Takers in IPL
| Player | Mat | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | 4 | 5 |
| DJ Bravo | 161 | 183 | 4/22 | 23.82 | 8.38 | 2 | 0 |
| YS Chahal | 136 | 177 | 5/40 | 21.36 | 7.62 | 4 | 1 |
| SL Malinga | 122 | 170 | 5/13 | 19.79 | 7.14 | 6 | 1 |
| A Mishra | 156 | 169 | 5/17 | 23.76 | 7.34 | 4 | 1 |
| PP Chawla | 170* | 164 | 4/17 | 27.07 | 7.83 | 2 | 0 |
| R Ashwin | 189 | 163 | 4/34 | 28.66 | 6.97 | 1 | 0 |
On the other hand, Chawla had to have a heavy beating against Klassen to scalp his 164th wicket and go past Ashwin. Heinrich Klaasen hit Chawla for 20 runs in just 4 balls before he was dismissed.
In a bid to chase the every increasing asking run rate, Klassen opened the face of the bat to slam Chawla with 2 fours and 2 sixes. In the last ball of the 14th over, Chawla finally claimed his victim. A short googly compelled Klassen to dance down the track and go for the maximum. The ball hits the bottom part of the bat and finds Tim David positioned at long on to dismiss the dangerman.
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