Mumbai Indians (MI) spinner Piyush Chawla overtook Ravichandran Ashwin to grow to be the bowler with the fifth-highest wickets within the historical past of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The spin veteran completed this throughout MI’s match in opposition to Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Within the match, Chawla was the choose of the bowlers for MI, taking 2/15 in his three overs at an financial system charge of 5.00. He took the wickets of Atharva Taide and Liam Livingstone.
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On the age of 34, the spinner was picked up ultimately 12 months’s public sale for ₹50 lakh and the transfer is paying wealthy dividends to his aspect. He has taken 9 wickets in six matches at a median of 17.55 and an financial system charge of 6/86. His greatest bowling figures are 3/22 and is within the ninth bowling charts to this point. He’s the main wicket-taker for MI this season to this point.
In his IPL profession which has seen him play for Chennai Tremendous Kings, PBKS, Kolkata Knight Riders and MI, Piyush has taken 166 wickets in 171 matches at a median of 26.86 and an financial system charge of seven.84. His greatest bowling figures are 4/17.
He’s the fifth-highest wicket-taker in IPL, behind West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo (183), Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (177), Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga (170) and India spin veteran Amit Mishra (170).
Coming to the match, MI received the toss and opted to discipline first in opposition to PBKS. PBKS inning ended at 214/8 of their 20 overs. Sam Curran (55), Harpreet Singh (41) and Atharva Taide (29) have been among the many prime batters for Punjab. Piyush Chawla (2/15 in three overs) was the choose of the bowlers for MI.
MI’s innings is at present in progress.
MI (Taking part in XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Cameron Inexperienced, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Tilak Varma, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff
PBKS (Taking part in XI): Atharva Taide, Prabhsimran Singh, Matthew Brief, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.
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