Most Dot Balls in IPL 2025: Which Player Has Won The Green Dots Award in Every Match of Indian Premier League Season 18?

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Having introduced an initiative for every dot ball bowled in the past few seasons of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Women's Premier League (WPL), BCCI has taken it up a notch in 2025 by presenting the bowler with most dots a special award.

A dot ball is important in all forms of the game, and even more precious when it's executed in T20 format especially in the IPL, where batters have dominated the bowlers in recent years.

The BCCI first introduced the award earlier this year in WPL 2025, and later retained the special prize in the IPL 2025, which has seen high-scoring games already into the fifth match of the season.

What is a dot ball in cricket?

A dot ball is a delivery bowled with no runs scored and the reason why it is called a 'dot ball' is because a scorer marks a single dot in the scorebook if a batter does not score any runs.

What is the green tree appearing on the scorecard in IPL 2025?

Animated symbols of a dot ball changing to green trees have shown up instead of regular dots on the scorecard graphics whenever a dot ball has been bowled in the ongoing IPL 2025.

The initiative is part of BCCI and TATA's drive in which every dot ball bowled during the tournament will result in 18 trees being planted. A tree graphic appears on the screen whenever a dot ball is delivered.

Despite some of the high-scoring games, several bowlers have been able to keep the run-flow in check and have received a special award of a sapling and a cash reward of Rs 1 Lakh during the post-match presentation. Here is a look at the Most Dot Balls in IPL 2025 award winners of every match:

Most Dot Balls Award Winner in IPL 2025

A mixture of pace bowlers and spinners have dominated the list in the early stages of the season. Expect the leaderboard to change in the coming weeks as there is non-stop action in store. Here is a look at the bowlers with most dots in IPL 2025:

Top 10 Players With Most Dot Balls Bowled in IPL 2025

• Mohammed Siraj (GT) - 107 dots in 10 innings
• Khaleel Ahmed (CSK) - 106 dots in 10 innings
• Josh Hazlewood (RCB) - 103 dots in 10 innings
• Prasidh Krishna (GT) - 102 dots in 10 innings
• Jofra Archer (RR) - 99 dots in 11 innings
• Varun Chakravarthy (KKR) - 93 dots in 10 innings
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar (RCB) - 87 dots in 9 innings
• Kuldeep Yadav (DC) - 87 dots in 10 innings
• Trent Boult (MI) - 86 dots in 11 innings
• Mitchell Starc (DC) - 85 dots in 10 innings

Veteran Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar leads the list when it comes to most dot ball bowled in the Indian Premier League. The list also includes several other active and retired players. There could more changes to the top 10 in the coming days. Here is a look at the all-time dots bowled list:

Most Dots Bowled in IPL

When it comes to most dots in an IPL innings, Indian pacer Deepak Chahar, who represented CSK earlier and currently plays for Mumbai Indians, holds the record with 20 dots in a single innings.