February 18, 2025
Most Maidens in IPL

Most Maidens in IPL

The 2024 IPL season has been a thriller, which seems to have amazing bowlers and with their great performance, they have included themselves in the list of the most number of maiden overs in IPL. This season, one of the interesting milestones that are worth focusing on is bowling a maiden over; this is a situation when a cricketer bowls six balls without conceding a single run.

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It highlights the batsmen’s flow and gives a significant beneficial aspect to the bowling team. It requires a great deal of bowler’s skill, and the ability to concentrate mentally. A maiden over is a turnaround where the bowler puts pressure, sometimes resulting in vital wickets. In this article, we will delve into the bowlers who have made the most maiden overs in IPL 2024. 

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While playing IPL 2024 various bowlers have been impressive in conducting maiden overs demonstrating their capability and game strategies on the field. Khaleel Ahmed of team Delhi has been magnificent, he has consistently offered the batsmen no balls that build pressure and would then yield a wicket for his team.  

Similarly, Hyderabad team bowler, Bhuvneshwar Kumar also showed his fielding ability as he dismissed the batsmen easy runs and set vital pitch-up wickets through his controlled strike.  

Apart from these selected players, Mustafizur Rahman, Yash Thakur, and many more players have contributed with disciplined bowling. Thus, these bowlers’ ability to take maiden overs indicates the influence of such bowlers on the match decisions and underlines the significance of systematic bowling in T20 cricket. 

S.No. 

Player  Team  O  R  5w  Avg  M  WK  Mat  ER 
1  Khaleel Ahmed  Delhi  50  479  0  28.17  2  17  14 

9.58 

2

Bhuvneshwar Kumar Hyderabad 57 533 0 48.45 2 11 16 9.35
3 Mustafizur Rahman Chennai 34.2 318 0 22.71 1 14 9

9.26

4 

Yash Thakur  Lucknow  35.3  402  1  36.54  1  11  10  11.32 
5  Harshit Rana  Kolkata  42.1  383  0  20.15  1  19  13 

9.08 

6 

T Natarajan  Hyderabad  51.2  465  0  24.47  1  19  14  9.05 
7  Pat Cummins  Hyderabad  61  566  0  31.44  1  18  16 

9.27 

Most Maiden Overs in IPL History 

You must be thinking, who has bowled the most maiden overs in IPL history? Well, there are several bowlers who have bowled the most maiden overs in IPL history.     

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Praveen Kumar are on the top of the list as top bowlers, bowling the most maiden overs in IPL history, bowling 14 maidens in 175 innings, taking 181 wickets at an economy rate of 7.54. He played a very instrumental role in his team and was part of the 2016 IPL champions. Praveen Kumar, the former Indian fast bowler, also had 14 maidens to his name in IPL having played 119 IPL matches. He retired in 2018 after the series where he took 90 wickets at an economy rate of 7. 72.

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Besides, Trent Boult is another, who bowled 103 maiden overs in 103 innings and being a one of the leading swing bowlers with 121 wickets at an economy rate of 8.29. There are few bowlers who bowled maidens. Some examples of them are Irfan Pathan, a swing bowler who took 80 wickets and has an economy rate of 7. 77. Whereas Punjab, Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad and Chennai are some of the franchises for which he played IPL. 

Players Name 

Maiden  Innings  Wickets Taken  Economy Rate 
Bhuvneshwar Kumar  14  175  181 

7.54 

Praveen Kumar 

14  119  90  7.72 
Trent Boult  11  103  121 

8.29 

Irfan Pathan 

10  101  80  7.77 
Lasith Malinga  8  122  170 

7.14 

Jasprit Bumrah 

8  133  165  7.3 
Sandeep Sharma  8  126  137 

7.88 

Dhawal Kulkarni 

8  92  86  8.3 
Dale Steyn  7  95  97 

6.92 

Harbhajan Singh 

6  163  150  7.08 

Conclusion 

In IPL 2024, some interesting stats have emerged in maiden overs. The bowlers have been quite good at restricting the batsmen. Looking at the specific players, the defenders have especially contributed to their teams’ greater results by preventing the opponents from scoring goals.

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That is why pace partners have been able to build pressure and make opportunities for wickets, that is a fundamental reason that has established the significance of maiden overs in T20 cricket at the tactical level. The leading bowlers of this season have shown the importance of disciplined bowling in IPL in the best manner. 

 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) 

1.Who has the most maiden in IPL 2024? 

Khaleel Ahmed and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar have the most maiden in IPL 2024. 

2.Who has the most maiden in IPL history?

Two players; Bhuvaneshwar Kumar and Praveen Kumar have the most maiden in IPL history.  

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