Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium is a cricketing venue that’s a difficult place to bowl in for bowlers, courtesy of the shorter boundaries and the batting-friendly pitches.
Most of Yuzvendra Chahal’s IPL career has been built in this same venue, which is why he is a special talent. The ability to strategise and the audacity to flight the ball distinguish him from other bowlers. Primarily a chess player, Chahal, the thinking bowler, made it to the Indian side just with his IPL numbers.
This article will list the year-wise wickets and bowling numbers of Yuzvendra Chahal in every IPL season.
Yuzvendra Chahal IPL Wickets Year by Year
| SEASON | TEAM | WICKETS | MATCHES | AVERAGE | ECONOMY | STRIKE RATE | BEST BOWLING | 4 WKT HAUL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | MI | 0 | 1 | – | 8.5 | – | 0/34 | 0 |
| 2014 | RCB | 12 | 14 | 32.17 | 7.02 | 27.5 | 2/17 | 0 |
| 2015 | RCB | 23 | 15 | 18.04 | 8.86 | 12.22 | 3/40 | 0 |
| 2016 | RCB | 21 | 13 | 19.1 | 8.16 | 14.05 | 4/25 | 1 |
| 2017 | RCB | 14 | 13 | 23.79 | 7.66 | 18.64 | 3/16 | 0 |
| 2018 | RCB | 12 | 14 | 30.25 | 7.26 | 25 | 2/22 | 0 |
| 2019 | RCB | 18 | 14 | 21.44 | 7.82 | 16.44 | 4/38 | 1 |
| 2020 | RCB | 21 | 15 | 19.29 | 7.08 | 16.33 | 3/18 | 0 |
| 2021 | RCB | 18 | 15 | 20.78 | 7.06 | 17.67 | 3/11 | 0 |
| 2022 | RR | 27 | 17 | 19.52 | 7.75 | 15.11 | 5/40 | 1 |
| 2023 | RR | 21 | 14 | 20.57 | 8.18 | 15.10 | 4/17 | 3 |
| 2024 | RR | 18 | 15 | 30.33 | 9.41 | 19.33 | 3/11 | 0 |
| 2025 | PBKS | 16 | 13 | 26.87 | 9.55 | 16.8 | 4/28 | 2 |
| OVERALL | 221 | 172 | 22.76 | 7.96 | 17.1 | 5/40 | 8 |
Key Insights
Mumbai Indians picked Yuzi Chahal in 2013, where he was offered one game but didn’t pick a wicket. The following year, he was bought by RCB, the franchise where he stayed and flourished for eight years.
He became the first and the only player to pick up 100 IPL wickets for RCB and ended up with 139 wickets for the Bengaluru-based side when he was released before the 2021 auction. Can you guess the other bowlers who picked 100 wickets for a single IPL franchise? You can find the answer here.
It took 84 games for the leggie to reach the 100 IPL wickets mark, the fifth-fastest in the league.
Yuzi’s first-ever five-for came in the 2022 edition against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) while playing for Rajasthan Royals (RR). He displayed a Player of the Match performance, bowling a crucial over in which he picked up five wickets, including a hat-trick. You can find the list of all hat-tricks taken in the league here.
Brilliant performance throughout the 2022 season earned Chahal his first Purple Cap in the tournament. The 27 wickets he picked that year were only five less than the bowler who picked the most in a single season.
The Indian leg-spinner has dismissed Mayank Yadav, Nitish Rana, and Quinton de Kock six times in the IPL, which is two less than the record of a bowler dismissing a batter the most times in the league.
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