“The Goat,” Netizens hail Yuzvendra Chahal as leg-spinner becomes leading wickettaker in IPL history

As Chahal dismissed Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Nitish Rana on the second delivery of his first over, the right-arm leggie took his wickets tally to 184, one ahead of Dwayne Bravo (183). 

“The Goat,” Netizens hail Yuzvendra Chahal as leg-spinner becomes leading wickettaker in IPL history

Rajasthan Royals (RR) leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal scripted history on Thursday as he surpassed Chennai Super Kings (CSK) legend Dwayne Bravo to become the leading wicket-taker in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL). As Chahal dismissed Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Nitish Rana on the second delivery of his first over, the right-arm leggie took his wickets tally to 184, one ahead of Dwayne Bravo (183). 

The leg-spinner then dismissed three more KKR batters in his spell and finished the innings with the bowling figures of 4-0-25-4. Notably, Yuzvendra Chahal has scalped 187 wickets in 143 matches at an average of 21.28 and an economy rate of 7.64 rpo. 

As Yuzvendra Chahal achieved this feat, fans went crazy on social media and hailed Chahal for his consistency. 

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Record day for RR!

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It was a special day for Rajasthan Royals (RR) as two of their players scripted history on Thursday. While Yuzvendra Chahal pipped Bravo to become the leading wicket-taker in IPL history, Yashaswi Jaiswal pipped KL Rahul in terms of scoring the fastest fifty in IPL history. Jaiswal reached his half-century in just 13 balls and became the batter with the quickest fifty. The batter then finished things off for RR too as he hit Shardul Thakur for a boundary. Jaiswal went back to the dressing room with an unbeaten 98* which he scored just 47 balls with the help of thirteen boundaries and five sixes.

On the back of Chahal’s (4/25) and Jaiswal’s blistering knock, RR defeated KKR by nine wickets and jumped to the third position in the points table. They now have 12 points from 12 games and the second-best Net Run Rate of 0.633.

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