Yuzvendra Chahal entered history books with Virat Kohli's big wicket in the IPL 2024 Eliminator in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, May 22. The experienced spinner managed to gain just one wicket as Rajasthan Royals restricted in-form Royal Challengers Bengaluru to just 172 after an impressive bowling performance.
Chahal, the leading wicket-taker in IPL history with over 200 wickets, trapped in-form Virat Kohli to take his 66th wicket for the Royals. He surpassed the former Rajasthan pacer Siddharth Trivedi to become the leading wicket-taker for the franchise in IPL.
The 33-year-old legspinner took a wicket for 43 in the Eliminator and now boasts 66 wickets in 45 IPL innings for Rajasthan. Trivedi held the previous record with 65 wickets in 75 innings during his seven-year stint with the Royals.
Most IPL wickets for Rajasthan Royals
- Yuzvendra Chahal - 66 wickets in 45 innings
- Siddharth Trivedi - 65 wickets in 75 innings
- Shane Watson - 61 wickets in 70 innings
- Shane Warne - 57 wickets in 54 innings
- James Faulkner - 47 wickets in 42 innings
Notably, Chahal also leads the bowling chart for his former team Royal Challengers Bengaluru with 139 wickets in just 112 innings. Chahal became the first-ever cricketer to lead the bowling chart for two different IPL teams after picking Kohli's valuable wicket in the IPL 2024 Eliminator.
Meanwhile, the veteran Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Cameron Green and Glenn Maxwell on the back-to-back deliveries to made the biggest impact for the Royals. In-form Avesh Khan proved costly but made a stunning comeback with three wickets and proved crucial to deny Royal Challengers Bengaluru a big total.
For RCB, Rajat Patidar top-scored with 34 off 22 balls and in-form star Virat Kohli added 33 runs. Kohli entered the history books as he became the first-ever cricketer to score 8,000 runs in IPL history today.
