The 24-year-old Sri Lankan leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga recorded a five-wicket haul last Sunday (8th May) during a crucial IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Wankhede. While he won the Player of the Match award in that game, his bowling figures were the second-best bowling figures in IPL history by an overseas spinner.
During that 54th game of the IPL 2022, while RCB scored 192/3 in 20 overs after choosing to bat first, SRH replied with 125 all out in 19.2 overs. RCB won that match by 67 runs while their Sri Lankan leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga had the bowling figures of 4-1-18-5.
In that second innings, Hasaranga dismissed Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Jagadeesha Suchith, Shashank Singh and Umran Malik respectively.
Now, we are talking about Hasaranga’s bowling figures of 4-1-18-5 status in various record books:
(Overall IPL)
Second best bowling figures in IPL history by an overseas spinner. The best IPL bowling figures by an overseas spinner are 4-0-19-6 by the Aussie leg-spinner Adam Zampa (Rising Pune Supergiants).
Second Sri Lankan bowler to claim a five-wicket haul in IPL history. Former right-arm pacer Lasith Malinga (Mumbai Indians) was the first Sri Lankan bowler to achieve this feat with the bowling figures of 3.4-1-13-5.
Third overseas spinner to take a five-wicket haul in IPL. Previously, Trinidadian spinner Sunil Narine and Australian spinner Adam Zampa managed to claim one five-wicket haul each in their IPL careers.
Sixth leg-spinner to claim an IPL five-wicket haul.
Ninth spinner to record a fifer in IPL history.
10th overseas bowler to record an IPL fifer. Only the Australian left-arm pacer James Faulkner has managed to achieve it twice in his IPL career.
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(Only for RCB)
Best bowling figures by an overseas bowler for RCB. The previous record in this list was 4-1-9-4 by Trinidadian leg-spinner Samuel Badree against Mumbai Indians at Bengaluru on 14th April 2017.
After the legendary Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble (3.1-1-5-5), Wanindu Hasaranga became the second RCB spinner to record a five-wicket haul in T20 cricket.
Second best bowling figures for RCB in T20 cricket. The legendary Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble is still the record holder with bowling figures of 3.1-1-5-5.
Fourth RCB bowler to claim a five-wicket haul in IPL as well as T20 cricket history.
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Best bowling figures in IPL history by overseas bowlers (Only fifers)
Player (Team) | Nationality | Bowling Style | Bowling figures | Opposition | Venue | Date |
Alzarri Joseph (Mumbai Indians) | Antiguan | Right-arm fast | 3.4-1-12-6 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 6th April 2019 |
Sohail Tanvir (Rajasthan Royals) | Pakistani | Left-arm medium fast | 4-0-14-6 | Chennai Super Kings | Jaipur | 4th May 2008 |
Adam Zampa (Rising Pune Supergiants) | Australian | Right-arm legbreak | 4-0-19-6 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Visakhapatnam | 10th May 2016 |
Lasith Malinga (Mumbai Indians) | Sri Lankan | Right-arm fast | 3.4-1-13-5 | Delhi Daredevils | Delhi | 10th April 2011 |
Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) | Jamaican | Right-arm fast | 2-0-15-5 | Mumbai Indians | Chennai | 13th April 2021 |
James Faulkner (Rajasthan Royals) | Australian | Left-arm fast medium | 4-1-16-5 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 17th May 2013 |
Andrew Tye (Gujarat Lions) | Australian | Right-arm medium fast | 4-0-17-5 | Rising Pune Supergiant | Rajkot | 14th April 2017 |
Wanindu Hasaranga (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | Sri Lankan | Right-arm legbreak | 4-1-18-5 | SunRisers Hyderabad | Wankhede | 8th May 2022 |
Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) | Trinidadian | Right-arm offbreak | 4-0-19-5 | Kings XI Punjab | Kolkata | 15th April 2012 |
James Faulkner (Rajasthan Royals) | Australian | Left-arm fast medium | 4-0-20-5 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Jaipur | 27th April 2013 |
Dimitri Mascarenhas (Kings XI Punjab) | English | Right-arm fast medium | 4-0-25-5 | Pune Warriors India | Mohali | 12th April 2012 |
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Spinners with a 5-wicket haul in IPL
Player (Team) | Nationality | Bowling Style | Bowling figures | Opposition | Venue | Date |
Adam Zampa (Rising Pune Supergiants) | Australian | Right-arm legbreak | 4-0-19-6 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Visakhapatnam | 10th May 2016 |
Anil Kumble (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | Indian | Right-arm legbreak | 3.1-1-5-5 | Rajasthan Royals | Cape Town | 18th April 2009 |
Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings) | Indian | Slow left arm orthodox | 4-0-16-5 | Deccan Chargers | Visakhapatnam | 7th April 2012 |
Amit Mishra (Delhi Daredevils) | Indian | Right-arm legbreak | 4-0-17-5 | Deccan Chargers | Delhi | 15th May 2008 |
Harbhajan Singh (Mumbai Indians) | Indian | Right-arm offbreak | 4-0-18-5 | Chennai Super Kings | Wankhede | 22nd April 2011 |
Wanindu Hasaranga (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | Sri Lankan | Right-arm legbreak | 4-1-18-5 | SunRisers Hyderabad | Wankhede | 8th May 2022 |
Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) | Trinidadian | Right-arm offbreak | 4-0-19-5 | Kings XI Punjab | Kolkata | 15th April 2012 |
Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders) | Indian | Right-arm legbreak | 4-0-20-5 | Delhi Capitals | Abu Dhabi | 24th October 2020 |
Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals) | Indian | Right-arm legbreak | 4-0-40-5 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Brabourne | 18th April 2022 |
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