Indian Premier League (IPL) is a cricket league based in India. Board of control for cricket in India (BCCI) found IPL in 2008, since then every year this league is organized by BCCI. IPL completed a total of 14 successful editions. It gains more and more popularity every year. Almost every star cricketer is part of IPL.
IPL provides a platform for the talents to showcase their skills against the best players. IPL (T20) is the very short format of cricket in which batsmen always dominate the bowlers and pitches prepared for T20 are also batting friendly. But, some bowlers don’t care how short the format is or how deadly batsmen they have in front of them. They are consistent with their performance in every IPL season and take wickets. Here, is the details of who are the top 5 wicket-takers of IPL history.
IPL 2022: Top 5 wicket-takers of IPL history
| Players | wickets | Match played |
| 1) Lasith Malinga | 170 | 122 |
| 2) Dwayne Bravo | 160 | 150 |
| 3) Amit Mishra | 156 | 164 |
| 4) Piyush Chawla | 153 | 140 |
| 5) Harbhajan Singh | 150 | 160 |
1) Lasith Malinga
Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga the ‘Toe crusher’ is the highest wicket-taker in the IPL history. Malinga took 170 wickets in 122 matches for his IPL franchise. He played the majority of his matches for Mumbai Indians. And he performed for his team every time the team needed. In the 2019s final, against CSK he deliver a brilliant over and made Mumbai Indians win the title.
2) Dwayne Bravo
The allrounder from West Indies, Dwayne Bravo is the second-highest wicket-taker of IPL history after Lasith Malinga. Bravo took 167 IPL wickets in around 151 games. He is also the only player with the highest number of wickets in a particular season, 31 wickets.
He is one of the important players for Chennai super kings (CSK). Captain cool MS Dhoni uses his full potential with his strategies. Bravo performs for his franchise whenever they need it, in the mega auction of 2022 CSK again buy him. Hope he continues his entertaining performance.
3) Amit Mishra
The Indian leg spinner Amit Mishra is the third-highest wicket-taker of IPL history.
He took 166 wickets in 154 games with an economy of 7.35. He took many wickets in middle overs with his leg-spin. Amit Mishra played for Delhi Capitals in 2021. He is an unsung IPL hero. He Was went unsold in the mega auction of IPL 2022.
4) Piyush Chawla
The Indian spinster Piyush Chawla is the fourth-highest wicket-taker of IPL history. He took 157 wickets in 165 IPL matches, with an average of 27.39 and an economy of 7.88. In his IPL career, he played for several teams, which are Punjab Kings, Kolkata knight riders, Chennai super kings, and recently Mumbai Indians. But, 33-year-old Piyush Chawla went unsold in mega auction 2022.
5) Harbhajan Singh
India’s one of the greatest spinners Harbhajan Singh is on number five on the list for highest wicket-taker of IPL history. Harbhajan Singh is one of the finest spinners India produced, he took 150 wickets in 163 IPL games, with an average of 26.86 and an economy of 7.07. In his IPL career, he played for various franchises like Mumbai Indians, Chennai super kings, and Kolkata knight riders. In 2021 he took retirement from all forms of cricket.
