Most First Ball Wickets in IPL: Mohammed Shami Extends Record With Opening Delivery Scalp in CSK vs SRH

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Indian pacer Mohammed Shami achieved a unique feat during Sunrisers Hyderabad's victory over Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025, as the seasoned campaigner extended his record for most wickets on the first ball of an innings in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

During the match against CSK, Shami's delivery, with a perfect seam position, induced an outside edge from Shaikh Rasheed's bat, removing the batter for a golden duck after being caught by Abhishek Sharma at slips. Shami ended his spell at 1/28 in three overs.

Shami has dismissed a batter four times on the first ball of an innings in the IPL, the most by a batter. In 2014, he dismissed Jacques Kallis in Dubai, then in 2022, he dismissed KL Rahul at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Next year, he removed Phil Salt at Ahmedabad to set the record, beating off the likes of Lasith Malinga, Trent Boult and Dirk Nannes, who all have two first-ball wickets to their name, and now the Indian quick has added a fourth in 2025 with his latest first ball victim being Rasheed. Here is a look at the players with most first-ball wickets:

Most First-Ball Wickets in IPL history

• 4 - Mohammed Shami
• 2 - Trent Boult, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lasith Malinga, Dirk Nannes, Umesh Yadav
• 1 - Marlon Samuels, Kevin Pietersen, Deepak Chahar, Liam Livingstone, Irfan Pathan, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Jofra Archer, Jagadeesha Suchith, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishant Sharma, Chaminda Vaas, Brett Lee, Alfonso Thomas, Ashok Dinda, Sohail Tanvir, Pat Cummins, Praveen Kumar, Tushar Deshpande

List of first ball wickets in IPL

As for the most first ball wickets in an innings, Shami is closely followed by the usual suspects of Malinga, Bhuvneshwar, Boult, Praveen Kumar and Ashok Dinda, who all have three first-delivery wicket in an IPL innings. Here is a look at the bowlers with first-ball wickets in an innings:

Most 1st-Ball Wicket in an IPL innings

• 4 - Mohammed Shami
• 3 - Trent Boult, Lasith Malinga, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashok Dinda, Praveen Kumar, Umesh Yadav
• 2 - Deepak Chahar, R Ashwin, Dirk Nannes, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Albie Morkel, Harbhajan Singh, Pat Cummins
• 1 - Kevin Pietersen, Liam Livingstone, Marlon Samuels, Chaminda Vaas, Tushar Deshpande, Jofra Archer, Sohail Tanvir, Ryan Harris, Amit Singh, Tim Southee, Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell McClenaghan, L Balaji, J Suchith, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishant Sharma, Glenn Maxwell, Fidel Edwards, Arshdeep Singh, Alfonso Thomas, AV Choudhary, Daniel Sams, Dale Steyn, Brett Lee

Coming back to the CSK vs SRH match, after quickfire knocks from young guns Dewald Brevis (42 in 25 balls) and Ayush Mhatre (30 in 19 balls) Chennai Super Kings, who lost wickets regularly, were skittled out for 154 in 19.5 overs.

Harshal Patel (4/28) was the top bowler for Sunrisers Hyderabad with his fantastic four-over spell, while fellow pacer Jaydev Unadkat (2/21) was also impressive in his 2.5 overs spell. In response, SRH had their struggles, but ensured victory with 5 wickets to spare.