IPL 2021 records: 10 bowling, fielding records that can be achieved by CSK, RCB, SRH, MI, RR, KKR, DC & Punjab Kings players- We are just a few weeks away from yet another season exciting of the Indian Premier League. The IPL 2021 will kick off on April 9 with Virat Kohli-led Royal challengers Bangalore playing against Rohit Sharma-led 5 times champions Mumbai Indians in Chennai. As many as 6 venues will host these matches with no home advantages to all IPL franchises. The IPL 2021 final will take place on May 30 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
As the new season its set to kick off soon, let’s take a look at some record-breaking IPL bowling and fielding stats that can be rewritten this year.
Most wickets in IPL
Harbhajan Singh (150), Dwayne Bravo (153), Piyush Chawla (156) and Amit Mishra (160) can break Lasith Malinga’s record of most wickets in IPL. The Sri Lanka pacer has 170 wickets in the T20 tournament.
Best bowling in an innings
Alzarri Joseph: 6 wickets for 12 runs in 3.4 overs (vs SRH, 2019)
Sohail Tanvir: 6 wickets for 14 runs in 4 overs (vs CSK, 2008)
Adam Zampa: 6 wickets for 19 runs in 4 overs (vs SRH, 2016)
Most hat-tricks
Amit Mishra: 3
Yuvraj Singh: 2
Most dot balls
Harbhajan Singh: 1,249
R Ashwin: 1,170
Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 1,164 balls
Most four-wicket hauls
Sunil Narine: 6
L Malinga: 6
Kagiso Rabada: 4
IPL 2021 bowling records that can be broken this year
Most wickets in IPL season
Dwayne Bravo: 32 wickets (2013)
Kagiso Rabada: 30 wickets (2020)
Lasith Malinga: 28 wickets (2011)
James Faulkner: 28 wickets (2013)
Jasprit Bumrah: 27 wickets (2020)
IPL 2021 Team records that can be broken in upcoming season
IPL team records that can be surpassed:
Highest Team Totals
RCB: 263/5 vs PWI (2013)
RCB: 248/3 vs GL (2016)
CSK: 246/5 vs RR (2010)
KKR: 245/6 vs Punjab Kings (2018)
CSK: 240/5 vs Punjab Kings (2008)
IPL 2021 team records that can be broken in new season
Lowest Totals
RCB: 49 vs KKR (2017)
RR: 58 vs RCB (2009)
DC: 66 vs MI (2017)
DC: 67 vs Punjab Kings (2017)
KKR: 67 vs MI (2008)
IPL 2021 Fielding records that can be broken in season 14
Most career catches
Dinesh Karthik: 110
MS Dhoni: 109
IPL 2021 fielding records that can be broken
Most stumpings
MS Dhoni: 39
Robin Uthappa: 32
Dinesh Karthik: 30
Most career catches
Suresh Raina: 102
Kieron Pollard: 90
Rohit Sharma: 89
IPL 2021 fielding records that can be broken
Most catches in an innings
Sachin Tendulkar, David Warner, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Tewatia, David Miller, Faf du Plessis: 4 catches each
Most catches in a season
AB De Villiers: 19 (2016)
Kieron Pollard: 15 (2017)
David Miller, Dwayne Bravo: 14 (2014, 2013)
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