Ishan Kishan has scored 3,600 runs in the IPL across 11 seasons from 2016 to 2026. The wicketkeeper batter began his career with Gujarat Lions, spent seven seasons with Mumbai Indians, and moved to Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2025. His best season came in 2020, when he scored 516 runs for Mumbai Indians in the UAE…
The last five overs of a T20 innings are the hardest place to bowl. Batters swing at everything, fields spread wide, and one loose over can decide a final. The best economy rate in death overs in IPL history belongs to Lasith Malinga, who conceded only 7.78 runs per over across 965 balls bowled in…
The best bowling average in IPL history belongs to Doug Bollinger, who took 37 wickets for Chennai Super Kings at just 18.73 runs each. A bowling average measures how many runs a bowler gives away for every wicket he takes, so a lower number means greater control. In a league built for big hitting, keeping…
Bowling strike rate is the simplest way to judge how often a bowler takes wickets. It counts the balls bowled for every wicket taken, so a lower number means the bowler strikes more often. In the IPL, the best bowling strike rate in league history belongs to Lungi Ngidi. The South African quick took a…
Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers added 229 runs for the second wicket against Gujarat Lions in 2016. That stand at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is the highest partnership in IPL history, and it has stayed on top for more than a decade. The same pair is the only one to appear twice…
MS Dhoni holds the record for most toss wins by captains in IPL. The former Chennai Super Kings skipper has won the toss 119 times in 226 matches as captain, giving him a toss win rate of 52.65 percent. That number is far ahead of any other captain in the history of the league. The…
MS Dhoni holds the record for the most catches by a wicketkeeper in IPL history with 154 catches. He became the first keeper in the tournament to reach 150 catches on 8 April 2025, when he caught Nehal Wadhera off Ravichandran Ashwin in a Chennai Super Kings match against Punjab Kings at Mullanpur. No other…
MS Dhoni holds the record for the most dismissals by wicketkeepers in IPL, with 201 dismissals from 2008 to 2026. He is the only wicketkeeper in league history to cross the 200 mark. Dinesh Karthik sits second with 174 dismissals, and Wriddhiman Saha is a distant third with 113. A dismissal for a wicketkeeper means…
The Hardik Pandya IPL wickets record stands at 78 wickets in 152 matches, taken across 11 seasons from 2015 to 2025. It is the quieter half of his all round career. His batting gets the highlight reels, but his bowling has won him matches too, from his breakout 2018 season of 18 wickets to his…
The record for most wickets as captain in IPL belongs to Shane Warne, the great Australian leg spinner who took 57 wickets while leading Rajasthan Royals from 2008 to 2011. Warne was captain in every one of his 55 IPL matches, so all 57 of his wickets came with the captain’s armband on. No other…
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