Most Wickets Against A Team in IPL: Sunil Narine Breaks Record vs PBKS, Yuzvendra Chahal Tops List vs KKR

Veteran spinners - Kolkata Knight Riders' Sunil Narine and Punjab Kings' Yuzvendra Chahal on Tuesday (April 15) set the record for most wickets against a team in Indian Premier League.

The duo achieved the feat during the IPL 2025 clash between PBKS and KKR at the New PCA Stadium in New Chandigarh (Mullanpur) as Narine broke the record with a couple of scalps against PBKS, while Chahal broke the record for most wickets against KKR with a match-winning four-wicket haul.

Narine now has 36 wickets against Punjab Kings, a tally which is the highest by a bowler against any team in the IPL, surpassing Indian pacer Umesh Yadav's feat of 35 scalps against PBKS.

Chahal, on the other hand, went past compatriot Bhuvneshwar Kumar's tally. Chahal has now taken 33 wickets against KKR, the joint third-most by any bowler against an opponent in the IPL. Here is a look at the players with most wickets against a team in the Indian Premier League:

Most wickets against a team in IPL

Sunil Narine - 36 wickets vs PBKS
Umesh Yadav - 35 wickets vs PBKS
Dwayne Bravo - 33 wickets vs MI
Mohit Sharma - 33 wickets vs MI
Yuzvendra Chahal - 33 wickets vs KKR
Yuzvendra Chahal - 32 wickets vs PBKS
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 32 wickets vs KKR
Lasith Malinga - 31 wickets vs CSK
Amit Mishra - 31 wickets vs RR

Narine and Chahal have also had the wood on several other teams as they are two of the leading wicket-takers in IPL. Jasprit Bumrah also features in the list for most wickets by a bowler against a current IPL team. Here is a look at the list:

vs RCB - Jasprit Bumrah - 29 wickets
vs CSK - Lasith Malinga - 31 wickets
vs GT - Kagiso Rabada - 9 wickets
vs SRH - Yuzvendra Chahal -29 wickets
vs LSG - Josh Hazlewood, Rashid Khan, Trent Boult, Kuldeep Yadav & Kagiso Rabada - 9 wickets each
vs KKR - Yuzvendra Chahal - 33 wickets
vs PBKS - Sunil Narine - 36 wickets
vs MI - Dwayne Bravo & Mohit Sharma - 33 wickets each
vs DC - Jasprit Bumrah, R Ashwin & Piyush Chawla - 27 wickets
vs RR - Amit Mishra - 31 wickets

Also during the PBKS vs KKR match on Tuesday, Narine drew level with Bhuvneshwar Kumar for third in most wickets in IPL history. In 183 matches, Narine has 187 wickets. Leading wicket-takers in the IPL are: Yuzvendra Chahal (207 wickets in 166 matches) and Piyush Chawla (192 wickets in 192 matches).