Four wicket in IPL as captain
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Shane Warne’s match winning performance of 4 for 21 against Hyderabad at the VCA stadium, Nagpur on Monday gave him an aggregate of 43 wickets in IPL and he now stands second in the list of most wicket taker in IPL. RP Singh of Hyderabad leads the table with 47 wickets. Shane Warne is the fourth bowler to capture 40 plus wickets in this tournament.
However Warne registered his best bowling performance in IPL when he took 4 for 21 against Hyderabad on Monday and he became the second captain to capture four wickets after Anil Kumble of Bangalore. Anil Kumble had taken 4 for 16 against Hyderabad at Wanderers on 24 May 2009, the finals of the second edition of IPL held in South Africa.
There are 27 occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in IPL. The break up of 27 occasion read thus- 11 in 2008 edition, 12 in 2009 edition and 4 in this season.
Shane Warne is the third Rajasthan bowler to capture four wickets in an innings after Sohail Tanvir (twice) and Amit Singh.
Here is the list.
Sohail Tanvir, 6/14, Vs Chennai, Jaipur, 4/5/2008
Sohail Tanvir, 4/14, Vs Mumbai, Jaipur, 26/5/2008
Amit Singh, 4/19, Vs Bangalore, Centurion, 7/5/2009
Shane Warne, 4/21, Vs Hyderabad, Nagpur, 5/4/2010
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