Umesh Yadav has been in good form since the beginning of IPL 2022.
-Vinay Kumar
The eighth match of the IPL 2022 season was Kolkata Knight Riders’ vs ‘Punjab Kings’ (KKR vs PBKS IPL 2022) on Friday, 1 April. The match was played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This match was the third match of the latest season for KKR and second match for Punjab Kings. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their first match of the season. But, in the second match, it was defeated by RCB. On the other hand, Punjab Kings had earlier defeated RCB by 5 wickets. In the match played on Friday, 1 April, KKR fast bowler Umesh Yadav has registered a big record in his name.
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took 50 wickets in the powerplay
The history of IPL shows that Umesh Yadav is at number four in the list of highest wicket-takers in the powerplay. Umesh has taken 50 wickets in the powerplay. Apart from Umesh Yadav, other players who have taken 50 or more wickets in the power play of IPL are Sandeep Sharma 53, Zaheer Khan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have taken 52 wickets.
Highest wicket-taker in Powerplay
- Sandeep Sharma 53
- Zaheer Khan 52
- Bhuvaneshwar Kumar 52
- Umesh Yadav 53*
- Dhawan Kulkarni 44
Badhiya is in form Umesh Yadav
Umesh Yadav has been in good form since the beginning of IPL 2022. In the first match of IPL itself, he did well against Chennai Super Kings (CSK). He took 2 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs. He was also adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ for his excellent performance in this match. The second match of KKR was against RCB. RCB won this match by 3 wickets. In this match, Umesh Yadav took 2 wickets for 16 runs in 4 overs.