The 15th season of IPL is starting on 26 March. The first match will be played between the team of Chennai and Kolkata.
Big scores are often made in the world’s biggest cricket league and many batsmen hit fours and sixes fiercely.
At the same time, some bowlers give runs so stingy that it becomes difficult to hit a boundary against them.
Virat and Dhawan batsmen scored runs in every season of this tournament and have scored thousands of runs so far. Bowlers like Malinga and Bravo are at the forefront of taking wickets in IPL.
Here we are telling about such batsmen who are at the forefront of scoring runs, taking wickets, hitting sixes and fours and giving skimpy runs in IPL.
Virat tops in scoring runs
Virat Kohli has scored the most runs in IPL –
Kohli is the highest run-scorer in IPL. He has participated in all 14 seasons of IPL from the year 2008 till now. Kohli has scored five centuries in IPL.
He scored the most runs in the year 2016. He scored four centuries in this season. On the other hand, Shikhar is second and Rohit Sharma is in third place.
Suresh Raina is fourth on this list, but he will now be seen as a commentator in the IPL. Australia’s David Warner is the only foreign player on this list.
Bravo can become the highest wicket-taker bowler
Lasith Malinga has taken most wickets in IPL –
Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga is at the forefront of taking most wickets in IPL. He has taken 170 wickets.
However, Malinga has already retired. Dwayne Bravo of Chennai is at number two on this list and this year he can break Malinga’s record to become the highest wicket-taker in IPL.
Amit Mishra is third in this list, Piyush Chawla is fourth and Harbhajan Singh is fifth, but all these three bowlers are no longer a part of IPL.
Gayle is at the forefront of hitting sixes
Chris Gayle has hit most sixes in IPL
Gayle of West Indies is the batsman with the most sixes in IPL. He has hit 357 sixes. At the same time, the second-placed de Villiers has hit 251 sixes.
Both these players are no longer a part of IPL. In third place is Rohit Sharma, who has 227 sixes to his name, but it will not be easy for anyone to break Gayle’s record. Dhoni is in fourth place on this list and Pollard is in fifth place.
Dhawan is ahead of Virat in terms of hitting fours
Shikhar Dhawan has scored the most runs in IPL –
Dhawan is the batsman with the most number of fours in IPL. He has hit 654 fours, while second-placed Virat has only 546 fours.
Most of the runs in the IPL are scored through fours, as the batsmen who hit sixes often fail to play big innings and get caught out.
For this reason, the batsmen who have hit more fours have scored more runs.
Rashid Khan’s economy is the best
Rashid Khan is the most stingy bowler in IPL
Scoring runs against Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan has been the most difficult for the batsmen.
He usually gives around 6 runs in his one over. After him, the names of legendary bowlers like Anil Kumble, Glenn McGrath and Muttiah Muralitharan come, but all these players have not played many matches in the IPL.
Because of this also their economy is better. However, Sunil Narine, at number five, has consistently spent skimpy runs in the IPL.