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The most popular T20 league in the world is known for producing thrilling and entertaining matches. Fans love to see the raining of boundaries, sixes, and big scores in the league.
Top-calibre batters from all over the world participate in the Indian Premier League, and pitches, boundaries, modern-day bats, etc things favour the batters. It’s a very difficult task for bowlers to tackle all this and restrict batters from scoring runs.
Taking five wickets in a T20 game is one of the toughest tasks. There are bowlers who tackle all the situations and give amazing performances in the toughest T20 league. This particular article will talk about the bowlers who took the most time 5 wickets haul in the Indian Premier League. Also, get to know how many bowlers registered their names in this amazing IPL bowling record.
Bowlers who performed outstandingly and took the game away from the batter’s hand are named in this top-class bowling record list. Highly skilled bowlers from around the world appear in this IPL bowling record list.
Top T20 bowlers like Lasith Malinga, Kagiso Rabada, Sunil Narine, Jaspreet Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, etc. are on this list. Let’s find out who is at the top.
Most 4 Wicket Haul in IPL 2024
| No | Bowler | Team | 5-Fers | Matches | Ovs | R | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yash Thakur | LSG | 1 | 6 | 20.5 | 212 | 8 |
| 2 | Jasprit Bumrah | MI | 1 | 8 | 32 | 204 | 13 |
| 3 | Sandeep Sharma | RR | 1 | 3 | 11 | 76 | 6 |
Most five wickets hauls in IPL History (Till Now)
| Player | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W |
| JP Faulkner | 60 | 60 | 204.3 | 4 | 1778 | 59 | 5/16 | 30.13 | 8.69 | 20.79 | 2 |
| JD Unadkat | 99 | 98 | 341.1 | 3 | 3065 | 95 | 5/25 | 32.26 | 8.98 | 21.54 | 2 |
| JJ Bumrah | 128 | 128 | 489.0 | 8 | 3583 | 158 | 5/10 | 22.67 | 7.32 | 18.56 | 2 |
| B Kumar | 167 | 167 | 622.4 | 13 | 4680 | 174 | 5/19 | 26.89 | 7.51 | 21.47 | 2 |
There are only 32 times a bowler has achieved five or more wickets in the innings of the Indian Premier League. Only three bowlers took five wickets two times in the toughest T20 league. The other 26 bowlers claimed five wickets one time in the Indian Premier League.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, James Faulkner, and Jaydev Unadkat registered the most number of five-wicket hauls in the IPL. These three bowlers produced 5 wickets spells two times.
1. James Faulkner
The Australian all-rounder achieved a 5-wicket haul two times in the toughest T20 league. On April 27, 2013, the left arm medium fast bowler claimed 5 wickets for the first time against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. In the first inning, Faulkner bowled four overs, conceded only 20 runs, and got five batters out. In that match, Faulkner dismissed Shikhar Dhawan, Kumar Sangakkara, Karan Sharma, Darren Sammy, and Amit Mishra. Rajasthan Royals won the match, and James Faulkner got the player of the match award.
In the same season of the 2013 Indian Premier League, Faulkner took a 5-wicket haul for the second time. On May 17, 2013, against the same opponent, Sunrisers Hyderabad, at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, Faulkner achieved this record. The Aussie all-rounder gets wickets of Parthiv Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Biplab Samantray, Darren Sammy, and Dale Steyn. Unfortunately, the Rajasthan Royals lost that match in the chase.
2. Jaydev Unadkat
A left-arm medium pacer from Saurashtra took five wickets two times in the Indian Premier League. Unadkat achieved his first five wickets in an innings in the league playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Delhi Daredevils on May 10, 2013. Unadkat gave an impactful performance by getting wickets from star batters like Mahela Jayawardene, Virender Sehwag, Unmukt Chand, Kedar Jadav, and Morne Morkel. Unadkat conceded only 25 runs in his four overs, got five crucial wickets, and was named player of the match.
This second time Jaydev Unadkat registered his name in the 5-wicket haul record book against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Unadkat wore the Rising Pune Supergiant jersey and bowled an outstanding spell. In that spell, Unadkat bowled a maiden over in a low-scoring game, conceded 30 runs in his four overs, and took five important wickets from SRH batters. Yuvaraj Singh, Bipul Sharma, Naman Ojha, Rashid Khan, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are the dismissals of Unadkat in that match. For this match-winning bowling performance, Jaydev Unadkat got the well-deserved Player of the Match award.
3. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Swing King from Sunrisers Hyderabad achieved a 5-wicket haul twice in the Indian Premier League. The first one was on April 17, 2017, against Kings XI Punjab at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Bhuvneshwar Kumar produced a high-class bowling effort in the second innings of the match. Bhuvneshwar took wickets of Hashim Amla, Glenn Maxwell, Mohit Sharma, KC Cariappa, and Manan Vohra. Bhuvi just gave up 19 runs in that match, registered 5 wickets, and won the player of the match for his performance.
On May 15, 2023, at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, the right-arm swing bowler achieved his second five-wicket haul in the IPL. This time against the Gujarat Titans, Bhuvi bowled his four-over spell, giving up 30 runs and got five Gujarat batters out. Bhuvi dismissed Wriddhiman Saha, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, and Mohammed Shami. Sunrisers Hyderabad lost that game due to the brilliant hundred of Subman Gill.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been the premier bowler for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bhuvi is the only bowler to win the Purple Cap in back-to-back years. Bhuvneshwar was the leading wicket-taker in the 2016 and 2017 Indian Premier League season.
In the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League, 3 blowers took 5 or more wickets in the inning. Sohail Tanvir became the first player to take five wickets in the IPL. Outstanding performances from Tanveer against the Chennai Super Kings on May 4, 2023, at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Tanveer took six wickets, conceding only 14 runs. Lakshmipathy Balaji and Amit Mishra also took five wickets in the inaugural season of the IPL.
In the 2009 Indian Premier League season, Indian legendary leg spinner Anil Kumble registered a five-wicket haul. Lasith Malinga, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, and Munaf Patel claimed five wickets in the 2011 IPL.
Ravindra Jadeja, Dimitri Mascarenhas, and Sunil Narine got on the IPL five-wicket record list in 2012. James Faulkner got Fifer two times in 2013 and Jaydev Unadkat one time in the 2013 Indian Premier League year.
Leg spinner Adam Zampa got this achievement in 2016, and Andrew Type, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Jaydev Unadkat registered one fifer in the 2017 IPL season.
Ankit Rajput in 2018, Alzarri Joseph in 2019, and Varun Chakravarthy got this record in 2020. In the 2021 season, three bowlers registered five wickets: Harshal Patel, Andrew Russell, and Arshdeep Singh.
In the 2022 Indian Premier League season, four bowlers got five batters out in one inning. Yuzvendra Chahal, Umran Malik, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Jaspritt Bumrah did that with their magical bowling performances.
In the last year of the Indian Premier League season, Mark Wood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Akash Madhwal, and Mohit Sharma registered five-wicket hauls.
4. Jasprit Bumrah
Mumbai Indians pacer Jasprit Bumrah is the newest member of the elite club of most five-wicket hauls in the IPL. On 9th May 2022, in Dr DY Patil Sports Academy stadium, Bumrah achieved his first 5-wicket haul against the Kolkata Knight Riders. He only leaked 10 runs and dismissed five KKR batters including Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson, and Pat Cummins. Despite, Bumrah’s incredible performance Mumbai Indians failed to chase the 166 target and only scored 113-run. However, Bumrah ended up Player of the Match from the losing side.
Jassi’s second 5/21 fifer is against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Wankhede Stadium. On 11th April 2024, Bumrah breathed fury on RCB batters and took five wickets while conceding 21 runs in four overs. It is the second 5-wicket haul of the IPL 2024 season. This time Mumbai Indians won by 7 wickets with 27 balls left while Bumrah received Player of the Match from the winning side. Jasprit Bumrah has also achieved the rare feat of taking a fifer against the RCB in the IPL.
