The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are among the greatest teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL). There aren’t too many teams that have a legacy as rich as theirs.
As a matter of fact, they also happen to be the most consistent side of all time. Thus, every team needs to be at their best while playing against CSK.
This makes it even a better reason for bowlers to perform well against them. CSK have always had top class batters, and thus, dismissing them hasn’t always been easy.
So, which bowlers have performed well against the Super Kings?
In this article, we will look at the top 10 bowlers with the most wickets against CSK.
Most Wickets against CSK in IPL
Player | Innings | Wickets | BBI | Economy Rate |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lasith Malinga | 21 | 31 | 4/37 | 7.23 |
Sunil Narine | 21 | 26 | 3/41 | 6.28 |
Harbhajan Singh | 21 | 24 | 5/18 | 6.55 |
Yuzvendra Chahal | 19 | 23 | 4/32 | 7.10 |
Piyush Chawla | 22 | 22 | 2/20 | 8.24 |
Pragyan Ojha | 15 | 21 | 3/11 | 6.47 |
Harshal Patel | 11 | 21 | 4/28 | 7.80 |
Rashid Khan | 17 | 18 | 3/36 | 7.89 |
Vinay Kumar | 17 | 17 | 4/40 | 9.89 |
Zaheer Khan | 12 | 16 | 4/17 | 7.67 |
Key Insights
Lasith Malinga has picked up the most wickets against CSK in the IPL. The former Mumbai Indians pacer has 31 scalps to his name against Chennai.
Spinners have found more success against CSK in the IPL. There are 13 bowlers with 15 or more wickets against CSK, and eight of them are spinners.
Sohail Tanvir’s figures of 6 for 14 are the best against the Super Kings in IPL history. He zipped through CSK’s half of the lineup while bowling for Rajasthan Royals in a 2008 game.
Harbhajan Singh is the only other bowler with a five-wicket haul versus Chennai in the league. He delivered the figures of 5 for 18 in the 2011 season.
Rahul Chahar has the best economy rate of 6.14 among the bowlers who have taken 10 or more wickets against CSK.
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