New Delhi: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has added yet another feather to his cap as he scripted history after becoming the leading wicket-taker in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with his 171st scalp against Lucknow Super Giants at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
Bravo surpassed Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga (170 wickets in 122 matches) in his 153rd game. The 38-year-old additionally has the most number of wickets to his name in all T20s with 575 scalps in 524 matches, a long way in front of Imran Tahir's count of 451, who is second on that rundown.
In his first match of IPL 2022, Bravo took a total of 3 wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders. Bravo spent 20 runs in his 4 over spell. He had shown the way to the pavilion to KKR's opener Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana and Sam Billings.
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Malinga and Bravo started their IPL careers with the same team. Bravo is associated with this league since the first season of 2008, while Malinga made his debut for Mumbai in 2009. Bravo also made his league debut with Mumbai, after which he joined the Chennai team in 2012. Bravo's economy is 8.33 in 152 IPL matches and an average of 24. Malinga has taken 170 wickets in a better economy (7.14), average (19.79), and less matches (122) than Bravo.
In terms of taking most wickets in this league, 7 Indian and 3 foreign bowlers are included in the top-10 list. At present, Ravichandran Ashwin comes in the number of active players after Bravo, he is at number six on this list. He scalped 145 wickets in 168 matches, after Ashwin, Sunil Narine (144), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (143), Yuzvendra Chahal (142), Jasprit Bumrah (130) are also included in the top-10.
Highest wicket-taker in IPL
Dwayne Bravo - 152 matches, 170 wickets
Lasith Malinga - 122 matches, 170 wickets
Amit Mishra - 154 matches, 166 wickets
Piyush Chawla - 165 matches, 157 wickets
Harbhajan Singh - 163 matches, 150