IPL 2024: 5 Most expensive bowling spell in IPL history

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is the world's richest Cricket league; all 10 franchises work hard to lift the coveted IPL trophy. In the game of Cricket, every run matters and it’s a crime for the bowlers to make schoolboy errors.

In the ongoing IPL 2024 season, the batters are showing no mercy to the bowlers as the season has already seen some high-scoring clashes. Several instances have etched themselves into IPL history, showcasing the most expensive bowling spells. With said that, here we’ll have a look at the most expensive spells in IPL history.

Here’s a look at the most expensive spells in IPL history:

5. Ishant Sharma - 0/66 in 4 overs (SRH) vs CSK – IPL 2013

The veteran Indian pacer was a part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad camp when the team made their debut in the tournament 11 years back in the year 2013. In this season, Ishant was subjected to brutal hitting from the CSK batters in the league match of the IPL 2013.

He conceded 66 runs in his quota of 4 overs with a very expensive economy rate of 16.50 without taking any wickets.

4. Reece Topley - 1/68 in 4 overs (RCB) vs SRH – IPL 2024

This spell in the game when SRH smashed the highest team total in the history of the Indian Premier League. Amidst the explosive onslaught from SRH batters, RCB’s Reece Topley ended up as the most expensive bowler in the entire match.

He conceded 68 runs in his quota of 4 overs, scalping only 1 wicket with a very expensive economy rate of 17.0o per over. This spell stands at number 4 in the list of most expensive bowling spells in the history of the tournament.

3. Yash Dayal - 0/69 in 4 overs (GT) vs KKR – IPL 2023

GT and KKR were locking horns with each other in the 13th match of the Indian Premier League. GT posted a total of 204 runs. KKR were struggling at the moment when they needed 29 runs to win off the last 5 balls in the last over of the match. But then came the ‘Rinku Singh’ storm at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Rinku smashed 5 consecutive sixes off the last 5 balls in Yash Dayal’s last over to snatch the match from GT and help KKR to win by 3 wickets. With this over, Yash Dayal registered one of the most expensive spells in the history of the Indian Premier League 2024. He conceded 69 runs in 4 overs without any wicket to his name, having an expensive economy rate of 17.25.

2. Basil Thampi – 0/70 in 4 overs (SRH) vs RCB – IPL 2018

RCB and SRH took on each other in the 51st match of the IPL 2018 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. RCB batted first and posted a big total of 218 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Former blistering batter AB de Villiers scored quick 69 runs off just 39 balls with 12 fours and a six.

SRH’s Basil Thampi went on to register the most expensive spell of that time in the IPL history; he conceded 70 runs in just 4 overs without any wicket on his credit, having a heavy economy rate of 17.50.

1. Mohit Sharma – 0/73 runs in 4 overs (GT) vs DC – IPL 2024

The veteran GT pacer Mohit Sharma has been one of the good performers for his side in the ongoing IPL 2024, but he didn’t have his day while taking the field against DC at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Sharma was highly targeted by the DC batters in the first innings as the hosts piled up a big total of 224 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

Mohit Sharma conceded 73 runs without having any wickets on his name in the spell of 4 overs. With this spell, he has also registered his name as the bowler to bowl the most expensive spell ever in the entire history of the Indian Premier League since 2008.