The Indian Premier League (IPL) has always fascinated all the cricket fans from different parts of the world with the spirit and the quality of the cricket played. IPL is famous among the fans for the amazing performances of the top cricketers.
Just like the batters, bowlers also play very important roles for the success of an IPL team. Without a top-class bowling lineup, a team can't achieve regular success in this tournament. Some of the bowlers have earned the dominant image, who are always expected to control the match and finish it successfully.
Here is the list of the bowlers who took four or more wickets in an IPL innings for the most times.
5. Amit Mishra
Undoubtedly, Amit Mishra is one of the best spinners in the history of IPL. Leg-spinner Mishra has played for many different franchises in IPL and has shown some of the best bowling performances in IPL history. After his 162 IPL matches, Mishra picked up 174 wickets, including recording four four-wicket hauls and one five-wicket haul. It means that the leg-spinner has recorded five 4+ wicket hauls in his IPL career.
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4. Kagiso Rabada
One of the incredible international pacers, Kagiso Rabada, is the player who has the fifth position in this list. With his mazing pace and swing, Rabada is now considered one of the most fearsome bowlers in modern-day cricket. In the IPL, he has appeared in 80 matches and has taken 117 wickets. Rabada has a total of six four-wicket hauls in his name so far. However, the South African right-arm fast bowler is still searching for his first IPL fifer.
3. Yuzvendra Chahal
Yuzvendra Chahal is one of the greatest leg-spinners, at least definitely in white-ball cricket. At the end of the IPL 2024, he is the leading wicket-taker in IPL history with 205 wickets in 160 IPL matches. The leggie has recorded six four-fers and one more fifer in his IPL career, which makes his achievement of seven four+ wicket hauls in his IPL career.
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2. Lasith Malinga
The player with the second-most number of four wicket hauls in the IPL is none other than legendary Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga. One of the best bowlers in IPL history, Malinga only played for the Mumbai Indians in the Indian T20 league. Malinga represented MI in a total of 122 matches and took 170 wickets in his name. This amazing bowling performance from him includes six four-wicket hauls and one five-wicket haul. It actually means that Malinga recorded seven four+ wicket hauls.
1. Sunil Narine
Sunil Narine of the Kolkata Knight Riders tops this list with the most number of four+ wicket hauls in his IPL career. Well known as a mystery spinner and a fabulous power hitter, Narine has played 177 IPL matches for KKR, where he recorded 180 wickets. His performance in the IPL includes seven four-wicket hauls and one five-wicket haul that make his IPL career achievement of eight four+ wicket hauls.
