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Most Wickets In IPL: Where Does Piyush Chawla Rank In The Elite Chart?

Aakash Saini

Piyush Chawla [Source: @45Fan_Prathmesh/x]Piyush Chawla [Source: @45Fan_Prathmesh/x]

Former Indian spinner Piyush Chawla has announced his retirement from professional cricket. Having made his international debut for Team India back in March 2006 as a teenager, the wily leg-spinner recently played a couple of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25 fixtures for Uttar Pradesh, picking up match-winning figures of 4-12 in the final match of his competitive career back in November 2024.

Apart from holding an illustrious first-class and List A record, Chawla also boasts of some staggering numbers in Indian Premier League (IPL). In an extraordinary career spanning 16 different seasons for four different franchises, the leg-spinner is concluding his IPL journey as one of the league’s most successful bowlers of all time, in terms of number of wickets. Here, we take a look at where does Piyush Chawla exactly ranks in the all-time bowling charts of IPL.

Piyush Chawla In Elite IPL Company Even After Retirement

Piyush Chawla made his IPL debut back during the inaugural edition in 2008 for the Kings XI Punjab franchise (now Punjab Kings). Up until the 2024 season for Mumbai Indians, the cricketer played 192 matches for four different franchises, and was part of a title-winning unit in 2014 for the KKR.

With his cunning leg-spin trade, Chawla picked up 192 wickets from 191 innings at an impressive average of 26.60. Here, we take a look at where does his collection rank among the all-time most successful bowlers in the history of IPL.

Five Bowlers With Most IPL Wickets:

Bowler
Innings
Wickets
Average
Yuzvendra Chahal172221
22.76
Bhuvneshwar Kumar19019827.33
Sunil Narine18719225.63
Piyush Chawla19119226.60
Ravichandran Ashwin21718730.22

As per the aforementioned stats, Piyush Chawla is ranked fourth among the most successful bowlers in IPL history. Moreover, he is the third most successful spin bowler, after the likes of Yuzvendra Chahal and Sunil Narine in terms of number of wickets.

Notably, Chawla was the second highest wicket-taker in IPL prior to the launch of the 2025 edition earlier this year. However, his absence from the tournament prompted Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Narine to surpass him in the wickets tally.