Harshal Patel Surpasses Lasith Malinga To Hold New IPL Record, Becomes Fastest Player To...
Harshal Patel of Sunrisers Hyderabad reached 150 IPL wickets, becoming the fastest in terms of balls bowled, surpassing Lasith Malinga. He took Aiden Markram's wicket.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Harshal Patel now finds himself amongst an elite list of bowlers who have been a part of the Indian Premier League. The pacer reached the 150 wickets milestone in the tournament during the game against Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Monday.
He got the wicket of Aiden Markram to give the visitors a crucial breakthrough as LSG looked to carry on after a blistering century-run stand by the opening pair. He managed to get the better of the South African international with a well-executed slower ball, which went on to crash onto the stumps, ending Markram's knock after his half-century.
Harshal now holds the record for the fastest to 150 wickets in the IPL in terms of the number of deliveries bowled. He overtook the legendary Sri Lankan pacer who also played for Mumbai Indians, Lasith Malinga, to now take the record to his name.
Player Name Balls Bowled
Harshal Patel 2381
Lasith Malinga 2444
Yuzvendra Chahal 2543
Dwayne Bravo 2656
Jasprit Bumrah 2832
Malinga previously held the record, having reached the milestone in 2444 balls, 63 deliveries slower than when Harshal Patel reached this record today. Harshal has established himself as a proven wicket-taker but also has the reputation of being experienced in terms of his economy rate.
SRH will look to take as many points as possible in the rest of the league-stage campaign and end their season on a positive note, considering they are already eliminated from the playoff stages of the IPL, a shocking downfall in comparison to being runners-up in the last season.
Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to field against Lucknow Super Giants in their Indian Premier League clash
SRH have made a couple of changes with Harsh Dubey and Atharva Taide replacing Travis Head and Jaydev Unadkat.
LSG have handed an IPL debut to New Zealand pacer Will O'Rourke, who replaces David Miller.
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May 19, 2025, 21:31 IST
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