Just like batters have a favourite hunting ground where they can score even while sleeping, the same goes for bowlers, who, when given a chance, willingly take the pitch wherever they go. One is the familiarity of the surface, and the other is their own skill set, which brings them success.
With the IPL being played on a home and away basis, players tend to bowl more at a specific venue than at others, and hence there is a high chance of them succeeding in terms of getting wickets.
So here in this piece, we will list the top 10 bowlers with the most IPL wickets at a single venue.
Most IPL Wickets at a Single Venue
Player | Innings | Wickets | Strike Rate | Venue |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sunil Narine | 58 | 70 | 18.9 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
Lasith Malinga | 43 | 68 | 14.8 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
Amit Mishra | 45 | 58 | 16.1 | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
Yuzvendra Chahal | 41 | 52 | 16.7 | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
Jasprit Bumrah | 42 | 52 | 19.0 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
Ravichandran Ashwin | 42 | 50 | 19.6 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
Harbhajan Singh | 47 | 49 | 20.9 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 49 | 48 | 23.0 | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad |
Dwayne Bravo | 37 | 44 | 17.4 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
Piyush Chawla | 36 | 43 | 16.7 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
Key Insights
Only 4 bowlers have taken 50 or more wickets at a particular venue in the IPL, and they are Lasith Malinga, Sunil Narine, Amit Mishra, and Yuzvendra Chahal. Ravichandran Ashwin is 2 wickets shy of becoming the 5th bowler to achieve this feat in the IPL, as he has taken 48 wickets at Chepuak.
Malinga’s 68 wickets at the iconic Wankhede Stadium for the Mumbai Indians are the most by any bowler at an IPL venue. Sunil Narine, with 62 scalps at Eden Gardens, is closing in on the top spot.
Sri Lankan speedster Malinga also has the lowest bowling average (17.33) and he has taken 3 four-wicket hauls at Wankhede. The only other bowler to take 3 or more four-wicket hauls at a venue is Sunil Narine (at Eden Gardens, Kolkata).
Ashwin’s economy rate of 6.08 is the lowest among bowlers who have taken 30-plus wickets at a single venue in the IPL.
Among the players on the list, 4 have taken a fifer at a particular ground. They are Sunil Narine, Harbhajan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Amit Mishra in the respective venues.
The other instances of players who have taken 30 or more wickets at a single venue include Mitchell McClenaghan (37 in Mumbai), Albie Morkel (36 in Chennai), Siddharth Trivedi (36 in Jaipur), and Umesh Yadav (31 in Delhi), Amit Mishra (30 in Hyderabad).