Pat Cummins surpasses Anil Kumble on list of most wickets as captain in IPL history
Pat Cummins opened the bowling and claimed three wickets in the powerplay overs against Delhi Capitals to rewrite IPL record books.
There have been only a few captains in the IPL history who have excelled as bowlers as well during their tenure. Here is the list of bowlers with most wickets as captain in the IPL -
5. As captain of Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings), off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed 25 wickets from 28 games at an average of 32.40. Ashwin's best bowling figures as PBKS captain were 3/23.
4. As Royal Challengers Bengaluru's captain in IPL 2009 and 2010, leg-spinner Anil Kumble took 30 wickets from 26 games at an average of 20.90. Kumble's best bowling figures as captain were 4/16.
3. As Sunrisers Hyderabad's captain Pat Cummins has 31 scalps from 27 games so far. Cummins' best bowling figures of 3/19 came against Delhi Capitals. His economy rate of 9.22 runs per over is most expensive on the list.
2. As captain of Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians, fast-bowling all-rounder Hardik Pandya has 35 wickets from 55 games at an average of 30.74. He also holds the record for best bowling figures by an IPL captain. He took 5/36 against Lucknow Super Giants.
1. Former Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne holds the record. The Australian leg-spinner claimed 57 wickets from 55 games at an average of 25.38. His best bowling figures were 4/21.
Pat Cummins struck thrice with the new ball against Delhi Capitals. He became the first captain to take three wickets in powerplay overs of an IPL innings.
