Today we bring to you the bowlers who scalped the most wickets in IPL 2008. The inaugural tournament, and news were abuzz about how it would go on the impact the cricketing culture of the country. And it did as it would go on to give some really talented cricketers to international cricket. Here we read about those bowlers who took the most wickets in IPL 2008.
5. Manpreet Gony
The Punjab Medium pacer was part of the Chennai Super Kings team line-up in the 2008 edition of the Indian Premier League. The Right Arm Medium Pacer features in our list of Cricketers with the most wickets in IPL 2008. Manpreet Gony took 17 wickets in 16 matches that he played in Indian Premier League 2008 at an average of 26.05 & strike rate of 21.17. His best in the season was 3/34 in a season when his economy rate was 7.38.
The Chennai Super Kings were benefitted by his bowling and of Albie Morkel’s performances as they reached the tournament final to finish runners-up.
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4. Shane Watson
The Aussie All-rounder was part of the Sawai Man Singh Stadium based Rajasthan Royals team line-up in the Indian Premier League 2008. The Right arm medium pacer features in our list of Cricketers with the most wickets in IPL 2008. Shane Watson took 17 wickets in 15 matches that he played in Indian Premier League 2008 at an average of 22.52 & strike rate of 19.11. His best in the season was 3/10 in a season when his economy rate was 7.07.
Rajasthan Royals were the most successful team in the tournament edition and also the Champions in IPL 2008.
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3. Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
The Kerala & India Medium Pacer was part of the IS Bindra Stadum based Kings XI Punjab team in Indian Premier League 2008. The medium pacer features in our list of Cricketers with the most wickets in IPL 2008. Shanthakumaran Sreesanth took 19 wickets in 15 matches that he played in Indian Premier League 2008 at an average of 23.26 & strike rate of 16.15. His best in the season was 3/29 in a season when his economy rate was 8.63.
His team, Kings XI Punjab, finished at 3rd on the team table in the Indian Premier League 2008, benefitted by the performances of Piyush Chawla & Irfan Pathan as well.
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2. Shane Warne
The Legendary Australian Leg Spinner was leading the Rajasthan Royals side in IPL 2008, the side which gave Ravindra Jadeja. The Champion Spinner features in our list of Cricketers with the most wickets in IPL 2008. Shane Warne took 19 wickets in 15 matches that he played in Indian Premier League 2008 at an average of 21.26 & strike rate of 16.42. His best in the season was 3/19 in a season when his economy rate was 7.76.
Royals were a revelation under the Champion Cricketing Brain that Warne possessed, as these three featuring here along with Munaf Patel and Siddharth Trivedi finished the top 5 wicket takers for the franchise.
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1. Sohail Tanvir
The Pakistan Pacer was part of the Rajasthan team in the Indian Premier League 2008. The Left arm pacer leads our list of Cricketers with the most wickets in IPL 2008. Sohail Tanvir took 22 wickets in 11 matches that he played in Indian Premier League 2008 at an average of 12.09 & strike rate of 11.22. His best in the season was 6/14 in a season when his economy rate was 6.46.
His team, Pink City based franchise, with contributions from him, and other bowlers as well as Shane Watson the all rounder, Graeme Smith and Yusuf Pathan, won the trophy in the season.
These were the bowlers who led the chart for most wickets in the season 2008. Hope you liked this content, don’t forget to put in your comments and questions, if any, that you have visavis the content.
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