Actually, this is the third time Umesh Yadav has dismissed a batsman on the very first ball of an innings in IPL. Earlier, three bowlers Lasith Malinga, Ashok Dinda and Praveen Kumar have also achieved this feat 3-3 times. Now, there are four bowlers who have done this in IPL.
Rest of the three are retired from cricket, now if Umesh Yadav once more gets a wicket on the first ball of an innings, then beating all these three legends, he will become the first bowler to do it four times. So far in the history of IPL, no bowler has taken a wicket on the first ball of an innings 4 times. Umesh Yadav is just one step away from this big record.
So far in the history of IPL, there have been 9 bowlers who have taken a wicket on the first ball of an innings twice so far. These bowlers are Trent Boult, Pat Cummins, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Albie Morkel, Dirk Nannes and Irfan Pathan. Apart from these, two bowlers Ankit Sharma and Jofra Archer have bagged wicket on the first ball one time each.
So far in IPL history, only two spinners have managed to take a wicket on the first ball of an innings. This bowler is off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and left-arm spinner Ankit Sharma. Harbhajan Singh has done this feat twice, whereas Ankit has been able to take a wicket on the first ball of an innings only once.
Batting first after losing the toss in the match played on Thursday, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 146 runs for 9 wickets. For the team, Nitish Rana scored 57 runs in 34 balls and captain Shreyas Iyer scored 42 runs in 37 balls. With the ball, Kuldeep Yadav once again was no less than a havoc for KKR.
In response, Delhi Capitals chased down 146 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 19 overs and won the match by 4 wickets.