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Trent Boult Extends Lead Over RCB Ace With Rare IPL Bowling Record

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Trent Boult bagged his 30th first over wicket [Source: @BrokenCricket/x.com]Trent Boult bagged his 30th first over wicket [Source: @BrokenCricket/x.com]

If there is one man you don’t want to face first up in the IPL, it is Trent Boult with the new ball in hand. The left-arm pacer added another feather to his already stacked cap on Monday, dismissing KKR’s Sunil Narine in the very first over at Wankhede and in the process, etched his name right at the top of IPL history.

Boult Destroys Narine And Shatters IPL History With 30th First Over Wicket

With Narine’s wicket, Boult now holds the record for the most wickets in the first over of IPL matches. This was his 30th scalp in the opening over. Yes, you read that right. He’s officially the early-over assassin of the league.

Bowlers With Most Wickets In The First-Over In IPL

Here’s how the leaderboard stacks up now:

Player
Wickets
Matches
Trent Boult3096
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 27126
Praveen Kumar1589
Sandeep Sharma1378
Deepak Chahar1377


Boult has managed to breeze past Bhuvneshwar Kumar and that too in 30 fewer matches. That is not just consistency, that is pure destruction.

Boult’s Magic, Ashwani’s Fire, Rickelton’s Finish

While Boult was busy writing his name in record books, debutant Ashwani Kumar came out swinging too. The young pacer picked up a four-wicket haul to wipe KKR out for a paltry 116. Talk about making a statement on debut.

Chasing 117 was child’s play for MI. Ryan Rickelton lit up Wankhede with a sizzling 62* off 41 balls, steering his side to a comfortable 8-wicket win in just 12.5 overs. The win also gave MI their first points of the season after back to back defeats in the first two games.