Chahal turns into the very best wicket-taker within the IPL
“I never even thought about it [becoming the highest wicket-taker] when I started playing the IPL,” Chahal informed the broadcaster after breaking the document. “I was with Mumbai Indians for three years [when I started] but my journey actually started from 2014. There have been a lot of ups and downs and I’ve enjoyed a lot too. I’ve learnt from my downs, and what I’m today is because of my downfalls and [support from] my close ones.”
Chahal claimed figures of 4 for 25 in his 4 overs in opposition to KKR, taking his tally as much as 187 wickets. With successive four-wicket hauls in his final two innings, he has additionally raced up the wickets charts to claim the Purple Cap this season with 21 wickets, two forward of Mohammed Shami in the intervening time.
His record-breaking feat got here at Eden Gardens, which was additionally the scene of his IPL debut again in 2013. Chahal performed simply that one recreation for Mumbai Indians within the IPL earlier than he moved to Royal Challengers Bangalore and established himself because the premier spinner for the franchise between 2014 and 2021. He typically fronted as much as bowl the powerful overs on an easy-paced hit-through-the-line Chinnaswamy pitch and excelled together with his variations. Though Chahal went to Rajasthan Royals in 2022, he’s nonetheless the highest wicket-taker for RCB with 139 wickets in 113 matches at an economic system fee of seven.58.
At Royals, Chahal solid a robust partnership with R Ashwin after which additionally with fellow legspinner Adam Zampa this season. In the period of fast wristspin and thriller spin, Chahal has confirmed that there’s nonetheless a place for old-school legspin in T20 cricket. He has performed fewer IPL matches than Piyush Chawla, Amit Mishra, R Ashwin, Sunil Narine, Harbhajan Singh and Ravindra Jadeja, and he has extra wickets than all of them.