Yuzvendra Chahal
The highest wicket taker in IPL history and the leg-spin wizard who has bamboozled batters for over a decade — Yuzvendra Chahal has been a wicket-taker for 14 seasons, with 233 wickets from 188 IPL matches, with a balanced mix of containment and wicket-taking. He tasted IPL glory in 2013. He has played for 4 different IPL sides, PBKS the most recent.
Yuzvendra Chahal's IPL Playoff Bowling Record
| Stage | Matches | Wickets | Avg | Economy | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League Stage | 171 | 220 | 22.7 | 8.06 | 51.5% |
| Playoff | 13 | 13 | 31.9 | — | 38.5% |
| Qualifier | 6 | 4 | 55.0 | 9.17 | 50.0% |
| Eliminator | 4 | 6 | 17.2 | 6.44 | 50.0% |
| Final | 3 | 3 | 30.7 | 7.67 | 0.0% |
Yuzvendra's Playoff Bowling Average — 31.9 (9.2 higher than League Stage)
min. 5 playoff matches, 5 playoff wickets
Yuzvendra has picked up 13 wickets in 13 IPL playoff matches at 31.9, against 22.7 in the league stage. His playoff wickets have cost 9.2 runs more apiece than his league-stage ones. The matches he has bowled in the playoffs have gone his side's way 38.5% of the time, against 51.5% in the league stage.
Note — Semi-Finals reflects the 2008–2010 format; Qualifier combines Qualifier 1 and Qualifier 2 (current format).