IPL2022: Yuzvendra Chahal, who shone in RR’s win over LSG on Sunday, became the second fastest and only the sixth man to complete 150 wickets in the IPL.
RR vs LSG: Yuzvendra Chahal second fastest to complete 150 wickets in IPL (Courtesy of BCCI/PTI)
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- Chahal took 4 wickets in RR’s 3-run win over LSG
- He became only the fourth Indian bowler to take 150 IPL wickets
- Chahal took his number of wickets to 11. Achieved Purple Cap after raising up to
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal became only the 6th bowler in Indian Premier League history to complete 150 wickets when he helped Rajasthan Royals beat Lucknow Super Giants to take 4 wickets in a last-over thriller in Mumbai on Sunday.
Yuzvendra Chahal is only the fourth Indian bowler to achieve the milestone. He is the second fastest bowler to reach the landmark after Lasith Malinga. The leg-spinner arrived there in his 118th IPL match, his fourth for new franchise Rajasthan Royals.
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It was a memorable outing for Yuzvendra Chahal, who also won the Purple Cap on Sunday, taking his tally to 11 wickets, one more than Umesh Yadav’s count. Chahal took most of his wickets for Royal Challengers Bangalore, for which he played from 2014 to 2021 before being released by the former finalist. Chahal has been brilliant for the Royals in IPL 2022 so far as Sanju Samson’s men top the points table after 4 matches.
fastest 150
105 – Lasith Malinga
118 – Yuzvendra Chahal
137 – DJ Bravo
140 – Amit Mishra
156 – Piyush Chawla
159 – Harbhajan Singh
Yuzvendra Chahal scored 4/41 as Rajasthan Royals successfully defended 165 against Lucknow Super Giants. He dismissed Quinton de Kock, Aayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya and Dushmantha Chameera on Sunday.
“My main strength is my mind,” Chahal said after the match-winning spell on Sunday. I didn’t want to be distracted by what I usually do. I was always ready to bowl any time from 1-20 overs “
“Chahal is the greatest”
Chahal was held back for 2 overs on death by RR against LSG and the move worked as he picked up de Kock and Krunal in the same over.
Explaining the decision, skipper Sanju Samson heaped praise on Chahal, whom he rated as the greatest leg-spinner of all time.
“Chahal is someone who can be bowled anytime in 1-20 overs. He is the greatest leg-spinner, if I can say that India has seen at present. Thought it was his end when the pressure was high. Why not use more,” Samson said.