RR are currently dominating MI in the ongoing clash as they picked four wickets where Sandeep Sharma got two scalps, Trent Boult and Yuzvendra Chahal got one each.
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has added another feather in his cap, he becomes the first bowler to pick 200 wickets in Indian Premier League. He reached this milestone while playing the 38th match of IPL 2024. He got Mohammad Nabi as his 200th T20 scalp. While bowling the eighth over, he caught and bowled the MI batter.
RR are currently dominating MI in the ongoing clash as they picked four wickets where Sandeep Sharma got two scalps, Trent Boult and Yuzvendra Chahal got one each.
Here is how RR legspinner celebrated after picking his 200th T20 Wicket.
First bowler in the history of IPL to take 200 wickets! 🙌
Congratulations Yuzvendra Chahal 👏👏
Watch the match LIVE on @JioCinema and @StarSportsIndia 💻📱#TATAIPL | #RRvMI | @yuzi_chahal pic.twitter.com/zAcG8TR6LN
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 22, 2024
In 153 matches, Chahal has taken 200 wickets at an average of 21.37, with the best figures of 5/40. He has taken six four-wicket hauls and a five-wicket haul during his IPL career.
Chahal played for Mumbai Indians (2011-13), and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) (2014-21) before joining Rajasthan Royals in 2022. While he had no wickets for MI in the only match he played, he took 139 wickets for RCB in 113 matches. Now for RR, he has taken 61 wickets in 39 matches.
Behind him are players like Dwayne Bravo of West Indies (183 wickets in 161 IPL matches), Piyush Chawla (181 wickets in 186 matches), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (174 wickets in 167 matches) and Amit Mishra (173 wickets in 161 matches).
He is only the third player to get 200 or more wickets in a T20 competition, with England’s Danny Briggs (219 wickets) and Samit Patel (208 wickets) having gone past 200 wickets in the T20 Cup in England.
Earlier, Mumbai Indians (MI) have won the toss and elected to bat first against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Match 38 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at Sawai Mansingh Stadium. Hardik Pandya is playing his 100th game for Mumbai Indians and feels grateful to represent the franchise in the milestone match.
Two changes for Mumbai Indians as Nehal Wadhera comes in for Romario Shepherd and Piyush Chawla for Shreyas Gopal. For Royals Sandeep Sharma comes in for Kuldeep Sen.