Just like batters have a favourite hunting ground where they can score even while sleeping, the same goes for bowlers, who, when given a chance, willingly take the pitch wherever they go. One is the familiarity of the surface, and the other is their own skill set, which brings them success.
With the IPL being played on a home and away basis, players tend to bowl more at a specific venue than at others, and hence there is a high chance of them succeeding in of getting wickets.
So here in this piece, we will list the top 10 bowlers with the most IPL wickets at a single venue.
Most IPL Wickets at a Single Venue
| Player | Innings | Wickets | Strike Rate | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Narine | 65 | 72 | 20.6 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Lasith Malinga | 43 | 68 | 14.8 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 48 | 64 | 17.6 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Amit Mishra | 45 | 58 | 16.1 | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 42 | 54 | 16.4 | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 46 | 52 | 20.2 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| Harbhajan Singh | 47 | 49 | 20.9 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 49 | 48 | 23.0 | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad |
| Dwayne Bravo | 37 | 44 | 17.4 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| Andre Russell | 47 | 44 | 15.1 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
Key Insights
Only six bowlers have taken 50 or more wickets at a particular venue in the IPL, and they are Lasith Malinga, Sunil Narine, Amit Mishra, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ravichandran Ashwin.
Narine’s 70+ wickets at the iconic Eden Gardens for Kolkata Knight Riders are the most by any bowler at an IPL venue. Malinga, with 68 scalps at the Wankhede Stadium, occupies the second spot.
Sri Lankan speedster Malinga also has the lowest bowling average (17.33), and he has taken three four-wicket hauls at Wankhede. The only other bowler to take three or more four-wicket hauls at a venue is Sunil Narine (at Eden Gardens, Kolkata).
Narine and Ashwin are the only bowlers with an economy rate of below seven at a single venue in the IPL (minimum 30 wickets).
Among the players on the list, five have taken a fifer at a particular ground. They are Narine, Bumrah, Harbhajan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Amit Mishra in the respective venues.
The other instances of players who have taken 30 or more wickets at a single venue include Mitchell McClenaghan (37 in Mumbai), Albie Morkel (36 in Chennai), Siddharth Trivedi (36 in Jaipur), Ravindra Jadeja (35+ in Chennai), Hardik Pandya (34+ in Mumbai), Umesh Yadav (31 in Delhi), and Amit Mishra (30 in Hyderabad).
