10 First-Ball Wicket Takers On IPL Debut

A dream for any bowler is to grab a wicket on the first ball. And if it’s their debut in the Indian Premier League, the experience becomes more memorable. It was a dream come true moment for Mumbai Indians bowler Ashwani Kumar, who achieved this spectacular feat yesterday. Ashwani Kumar picked a wicket on his first delivery in the MI vs KKR match and announced his arrival in style. He dismissed KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane. In addition to that, he got rid of the dangerous trio Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey, and Andre Russell to guide his team to a stunning victory. With this win, Mumbai Indians registered its first victory of the season.

Before Ashwani Kumar, a few bowlers in the past accomplished this feat. Let us look at 10 bowlers who were brilliant on their IPL debut.

The Indian Premier League’s inaugural match in 2008 is remembered for two reasons. Firstly, Brendon McCullum scored a fantastic 158 not out, and secondly for Ishant Sharma, who sent Rahul Dravid on his first ball. With this, Ishant Sharma became the first bowler in IPL history to grab a wicket in his debut game. In the KKR vs RCB match, the Kolkata Knight Riders bowler clean-bowled RCB skipper Rahul Dravid. Ishant Sharma

Kings XI Punjab’s Wilkin Mota became the second bowler to achieve the same feat in IPL 2008. Mota dismissed Chennai Super Kings player Suresh Raina on his maiden delivery.

In the following edition of the IPL, three bowlers joined the list. Shane Harwood dismissed Azhar Bilakia, Amit Singh got rid of Sunny Sohal, and Charl Langeveldt sent Rob Quiney on their first deliveries.

Mumbai Indian bowler Ali Murtuza got out Rajasthan Royals Naman Ojha on the first ball of his IPL career in IPL 2010.
Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) TP Sudhindra grabbed the wicket of CSK’s Faf du Plessis in IPL 2012.

West Indies speedster Alzarri Joseph dismissed SRH player David Warner in IPL 2019 and joined the list of bowlers who took a wicket on the first ball of their IPL debut.

In CSK vs GT, the Chennai pacer Matheesha Pathirana grabbed all the eyeballs when he dismissed the Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill on the very first ball of his spell in his debut IPL.

The recent bowler to repeat the same is MI’s Ashwani Kumar.

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