Top 5 bowlers with the best figures on IPL debut Ft. Ashwani Kumar
The Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders marked the lowest score of IPL 2025, and the architect behind it was the new debutant for Mumbai Indians, Ashwani Kumar. The left-arm ran through the Knight Riders innings with his stunning four-wicket haul.
Ashwani Kumar also aced another record when he came in to bowl the fourth over of the IPL matches between MI and KKR. The medium pacer dismissed KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane on the very first delivery of his IPL debut.
After Rahane, he also got the wickets of Rinku Singh, Andre Russell and Manish Pandey as he helped MI ensure a low-scoring game, chasing which they could take their run-rate higher over many teams.
Ashwani Kumar went on to become the first Indian player in the history of the IPL to have picked a four-wicket haul on his IPL debut.
Top 5 IPL debut bowling innings:
5. Kevon Cooper - 4/26
The only name on this list which might even take many dearest IPL fans by surprise, as former Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Kevon Cooper from West Indies once in his debut inning against Kings XI Punjab, as he got the wickets of Paul Valthaty, Shaun Marsh, Abhishek Nayar and Piyush Chawla. RR beat Punjab by 31 runs in the match.
4. Ashwani Kumar - 4/24
MI the birthplace for many such stars with the most recent Indian star Jasprit Bumrah rising from the Mumbai Indians. As Ashwani Kumar has now attained a position in the list of elite performers.
With this he turned the 10th bowler in the history of the IPL to have picked a wicket on the first ball, while he picked a four-wicket haul against KKR.
3. Shoaib Akhtar - 4/11
The only season when Pakistan players were allowed to feature in the IPL was back in the inaugural season of 2008. Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar was picked by KKR and is his debut match against Delhi Daredevils, he dismissed top batters including Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, AB de Villiers and Manoj Tiwary to defend just 134 runs for KKR. He was awarded the Man of the Match in his debut.
2. Andrew Tye - 5/17
Back in 2017, Andrew Tye the Australian speedster made his debut in the IPL for Gujarat Lions though he played most of his career for the Punjab Kings. Playing for Lions, Tye picked a hat-trick against Rising Pune Supergiants, while he dismissed Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Manoj Tiwary, Ankit Sharma and Shardul Thakur to attain a figure worth praise on debut of 5/17.
1. Alzarri Joseph - 6/12
Long back in 2019, when West Indies speedster Alzarri Joseph made his debut for the Mumbai Indias in a very low-scoring game, the speedster returned with the figures 6/12 as MI crashed SRH defending a very low total of 137 run target. This to date remains the best performance on debut.
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