Death overs are quite crucial for both batting and bowling teams. Batters look to score as many runs as possible, while bowlers try to restrict them.

So, in such a tense situation, the value of a dot ball can’t be overstated. It’s a respite for the bowlers, and they would like to have more of it. And a few bowlers have done this by bowling dot balls one after another.

This article will discuss the bowlers who have bowled nine or more dot balls in death overs in the IPL, i.e., the overs between 16-20.

BOWLERDOT BALLSOPPOSITIONYEARWICKETS PICKED
Jasprit Bumrah (MI)11KKR20223
Ravindra Jadeja (GL)10RPSG20162
Jasprit Bumrah (MI)9KKR20243
Imran Tahir (DD)9MI20153
Praveen Kumar (RCB)9RR20103
Brett Lee (KXIP)9CSK20090
Brett Lee (KXIP)9DD20092
Mohammed Shami (KXIP)9DC20192
Chris Morris (RR)9KKR20214
Mustafizur Rahman (DC)9PBKS20220
Mustafizur Rahman (CSK)9KKR20242
Sunil Narine (KKR)9MI20143
Sohail Tanvir (RR)9MI20084
Shardul Thakur (CSK)9RCB20210

Key Insights

Jasprit Bumrah, in his spell 5 for 10 against KKR in match 56 of IPL 2022, created a record of bowling 11 dot balls in the death overs. No other bowler has ever done this in the tournament’s history. He is easily one of the best death overs specialists in the IPL.

In his bowling performances of 5/10 in four overs, including a maiden, he bowled the 18th and 20th overs for his team, picking up three wickets and 11 dot balls. While coming in to bowl the final over of the KKR innings, Bumrah was 5/9 and had the opportunity to pick his sixth wicket. If he had picked his sixth wicket, that could have ended the stint of Alzarri Joseph, who currently holds the best bowling performance in the league.

The Indian pace-head, Bumrah, also features in the list of bowlers who have bowled the most dot balls in the tournament’s history.

Ravindra Jadeja is the other bowler to bowl 10 dot balls in this phase of an innings. He did so against Rising Pune Supergiants while playing for Gujarat Lions in 2016.

Chris Morris and Sohail Tanvir were able to pick four wickets in the death overs while bowling nine dot balls in the same phase.

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