Bravo overtakes Malinga to transform easiest wicket-taker in IPL historical past

Common West India participant Dwayne Bravo turned into the main participant within the door within the historical past of the Indian Premier League (IPL) along with his 171st scalp in opposition to the Lucknow Tremendous Giants at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.

He reached the landmark with the door of Deepapk Hooda. Bravo overtook the Sri Lankan pacer Lasit Malinga (170 in 122 video games) in his 153rd sport. The 38-year-old additionally has essentially the most wickets in his title in all T20s with 575 scalps in 524 video games, a ways forward of Imran Tahir’s 451 quantity 2d at the checklist.

Indian spinners Amit Mishra (166 wickets), Piyush Chaula (157 wickets) and Harbhajan (150 wickets) whole the checklist of the 5 perfect gamers within the IPL.

Bravo performed for CSK, Mumbai Indians and the now defunct Gujarat Lions within the IPL. It used to be purchased by way of CSK for 4.4 rupees at this yr’s mega public sale.

Bravo is a pioneer in T20 cricket and used to be the primary bowler to make a choice the 300, 400 and 500 T20 doorways.