Trent Boult completes 250 T20 wickets, joins these names: Stats
Trent Boult on Monday (April 22) became the third New Zealand bowler to complete 250 in T20 cricket. Playing for Rajasthan Royals, the left-arm pacer accomplished the milestone with his second wicket in Match 38 of the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL). He dismissed Rohit Sharma (6) and Nehal Wadhera (49) to finish with 2/32 in four overs. Let's decode his stats.
Boult joins Southee and Sodhi
Playing his 216th T20 match, Boult has raced to 250 scalps at 25.79. His economy rate reads 8.08. The tally includes three four-wicket hauls with 4/13 being his best figures. Tim Southee (312) and Ish Sodhi (292) are the only other Kiwi bowlers with 250-plus wickets in the format. 74 of Boult's wickets have come in 57 T20I matches at 23.24.
A look at his IPL numbers
With this spell, Boult has raced to 114 wickets in 96 IPL games at an economy of 8.22 (4W: 1). For RR, he has tallied 38 wickets in 34 matches at 26.65. He now owns 14 wickets versus MI at 26.42. In the ongoing competition, Boult boasts nine wickets in eight outings with his economy being 7.46.
Boult goes past Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Boult now has the most wickets in the first over of an IPL innings. He has 26 wickets in this regard at an average of 17.65. He broke a tie with India's Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who owns 25 first-over scalps in the IPL. No other bowler has more than 20 wickets, with Praveen Kumar (15) following Bhuvneshwar.
Boult once again dismisses Rohit
Boult once again outclassed Rohit, who got caught behind the wicket while playing a rash stroke. The left-arm pacer also got the better of Rohit in the previous MI-RR encounter, at the Wankhede Stadium. Notably, Rohit has now fallen to Boult six times in T20 cricket. The MI batter has 75 IPL runs off 57 balls against Boult.
Most powerplay wickets among overseas bowlers
Boult is the only overseas bowler to have taken over 50 powerplay wickets in the IPL. He has 56 wickets in this regard. In the overall list, he is only behind Bhuvneshwar (65), Sandeep Sharma (57), Umesh Yadav (57), and Deepak Chahar (57). Boult's tally of 47 powerplay wickets is the most for a bowler since IPL 2020.
A look at match summary
MI lost Rohit and Ishan Kishan (6/2) cheaply. Suryakumar Yadav and Mohammad Nabi too departed, reducing MI to 52/4. Although Tilak Varma (65) and Wadhera got MI past 150, Sandeep Sharma's 5/18 restricted them to 179/9. In reply, centurion Yashasvi Jaiswal (104*) and Jos Buttler gained impetus with a 74-run stand. A century-plus partnership between Jaiswal and Sanju Samson powered RR's win thereafter.
