The main wicket-taker in IPL historical past, Yuzvendra Chahal touched a never-heard earlier than milestone within the historical past of the league on Monday. Eradicating Mohammad Nabi in his first over in opposition to the Mumbai Indians, Chahal turned the primary bowler to choose 200 wickets in IPL.
It was a typical Yuzi Chahal wicket because the leg-spinner injected an excellent quantity of air to the ball and pitched it on the center and leg and the Afghan all-rounder ended up discovering a forefront that travelled all the best way again to the bowler.
Celebrating the landmark wicket, Chahal went down on the bottom on each knees and pointed each his fingers to the sky earlier than his teammates swarmed over him.
First bowler within the historical past of IPL to take 200 wickets! 🙌
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Chahal is at present the joint-leading wicket taker of the season alongside Jasprit Bumrah, with 13 scalps from eight innings – but to complete his quota on Monday.
The previous RCB spinner, who joined Rajasthan within the 2022 season has performed a grand complete of 153 matches to get previous the milestone of double hundred, averaging 21.38. This consists of six four-wicket hauls and a 5-fer.
Simply behind Chahal within the tally are Dwayne Bravo (183), Piyush Chawla (181), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (174) and Amit Mishra (173).
Again in 2022, when Rajasthan went all the best way to the ultimate, Chahal had closed the season because the main wicket taker.
This yr, the 2008 winners are main the factors desk with six wins from seven video games strolling into Monday’s contest.
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