Wednesday , November 27 2024

IPL 2024: Chahal in pursuit of double century of wickets, becomes an unwanted record

The match is being played between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals. In this match, Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and decided to bowl first. Meanwhile, the bowlers of Rajasthan Royals performed brilliantly and allowed Punjab Kings to score only 147 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs, but in the meantime, a shameful record was registered in the name of RR's star bowler Yuzvendra Chahal. He has scored a double century on a special occasion and is the second bowler in the history of IPL to do so.

Chahal took this unwanted record in his name

Yuzvendra Chahal is one of India's greatest spin bowlers in IPL and T20 cricket. He is also in great form in IPL 2024, but Yuzvendra Chahal has now become the second bowler in IPL history to hit 200 sixes. Chahal made this unwanted record in his 151st match in IPL. He has bowled a total of 3305 balls in IPL. Where he hit a six in 200 balls. Apart from Chahal, Piyush Chawla has hit more than 200 sixes. A total of 211 sixes have been hit against him in IPL.

Most sixes have been hit against these bowlers in IPL

  • Piyush Chawla – 211 sixes
  • Yuzvendra Chahal – 200 sixes
  • Ravindra Jadeja – 198 sixes
  • R Ashwin- 189 sixes
  • Amit Mishra – 182 sixes

Chahal's record in IPL

Yuzvendra Chahal's record in IPL has been excellent. This season he has taken a total of 11 wickets in 6 matches. He is also in the race for Purple Cap. In IPL, Chahal has taken 198 wickets in 151 matches at an average of 21.31 and economy of 7.66. His best bowling figures are 5 wickets for 40 runs. Chahal has the most number of wickets in the history of IPL. At the same time, he is very close to 200 wickets in IPL and can become the first bowler to do so.