Umesh Yadav of Kolkata Knight Riders performed brilliantly in the 8th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. He took 4 wickets for 23 runs in 4 overs. This is his best performance in IPL. Prior to this, he took 4 for 24 against Rajasthan Royals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium (then Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium) in Delhi in 2012. Not only this, Umesh Yadav also completed fifty of his wickets in the powerplay. On the other hand, Sunil Narine of Kolkata Knight Riders broke the record of compatriot DJ Bravo.
Umesh Yadav has taken 50 wickets in the IPL powerplay. In this case, Sandeep Sharma is at the top. Sandeep Sharma has taken 53 wickets in the powerplay so far. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Zaheer Khan are joint second with 52 wickets each. Umesh She is at number three in this list. Ishant Sharma is fourth with 45 wickets and Dhawan Kulkarni is at number five with 44 wickets.
Sunil Narine bowled Raj Bawa in this match against Punjab Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. He took one wicket for 23 runs in 4 overs. With this, he broke the record of DJ Bravo. He has become the highest wicket-taker against any single team in IPL. Sunil Narine K has taken 32 wickets against Punjab Kings.
In this case, DJ Bravo and Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga are jointly second. Bravo has 31 wickets against Mumbai Indians. Lasith Malinga took 31 wickets against Chennai Super Kings during his IPL career. Amit Mishra is at number three. Amit Mishra has taken 30 wickets against Rajasthan Royals.
KKR’s Ajinkya Rahane also touched a milestone in this match. He became the 10th batsman to complete 4000 runs in IPL. He now has 4006 runs in IPL. Before him, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, David Warner, Chris Gayle, MS Dhoni, Robin Uthappa, AB de Villiers have achieved this feat.