Top 10 bowlers with most dot Balls in IPL history

Since the inception of T20 cricket, it has gained a marvellous popularity and fan base. This has considerably brought down the number of dot balls in the cricket. In T20 matches it is very rare to see a dot ball because batsmen are always eager to rotate strike and hit the ball hard to clear the fence. This is why it is very difficult to find a bowler who can consistently bowl dot balls leading to a spell of a great economy.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is known for its batsmen, big-hitters, and high scoring innings. In the same league, there are some bowlers who have made life difficult for the batsmen to score runs by bowling several dot deliveries. Bowling dot balls uniformly trouble the batsmen and this helps the bowler to create records and limit the batters from scoring big.

IPL has numerous world-class players who seize the show from their batting skills but there have been a lot of bowlers too, who have consistently made the headlines through a great bowling spell having a good amount of dot balls.

Harbhajan Singh tops the list

When it comes to records of bowling in the cash-rich league of India, Harbhajan Singh has sealed his spot in most of the record list. Bhajji has bowled the most number of dot balls in IPL so far. Having a total of 1249 dot balls to his credit with an economy of 7.05 in the IPL history is a record that is unbeaten till now. In the list of most dot balls, Harbhajan is followed by the Indian swing master, Bhuvneshwar Kumar with a total of 1164 dot balls.

The spinners have delivered very well when it comes to bowling the dot balls. In the current list of top 10 dot ball bowlers, there are 5 spinners and and as many pacers. Out of 5 spinners, 4 are from India highlighting the talented tweakers in the country.

At present, there are 7 Indian bowlers on the list and only 3 overseas players. Lasith Malinga, Sunil Narine & Dale Steyn are the only foreign players who have seized their spots in the record list.

List of bowlers who have bowled most no. of dot balls in IPL:

~Written by Vishesh Sharma