🎯 Best Bowling Figures in IPL Matches Played Outside India
🥇 Sohail Tanvir – 6/14 (RR vs CSK, IPL 2008)
📍 Venue: Durban, South Africa (IPL 2009)
📅 Date: May 4, 2008
📝 Note: This was actually IPL 2008, so in India — my bad. Let's correct and focus only on foreign editions:
✅ Now, for IPL Outside India (2009, 2014 UAE leg, 2020 UAE full):
🥇 Alzarri Joseph – 6/12 (MI vs SRH, IPL 2019)
📍 Venue: Hyderabad (India) – Also in India
Okay, filtering again for IPL editions hosted abroad only 👇
🥇 Varun Chakravarthy – 5/20 (KKR vs DC, IPL 2020)
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📍 Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪
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📅 Date: Oct 24, 2020
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🎯 Destroyed DC’s middle order with sharp spin and variations
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✅ Best bowling in UAE edition
🥈 Lasith Malinga – 5/13 (MI vs DC, IPL 2011)
📍 Played in India – so excluded.
🥉 Kagiso Rabada – 4/24 (DC vs RCB, IPL 2020)
🧊 From the South African Edition (2009):
🔥 Anil Kumble – 5/5 (RCB vs RR, IPL 2009)
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📍 Venue: Cape Town 🇿🇦
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📅 Date: April 18, 2009
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🧙♂️ A legendary spell — completely bamboozled RR
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🎯 Best figures in IPL 2009 (South Africa)
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✅ Still one of the most economical 5-fers in IPL history
🏆 Summary Table
| Player |
Figures |
Team |
Opponent |
Venue |
Year |
| Anil Kumble |
5/5 |
RCB |
RR |
Cape Town |
2009 |
| Varun Chakravarthy |
5/20 |
KKR |
DC |
Abu Dhabi |
2020 |
| Kagiso Rabada |
4/24 |
DC |
RCB |
Dubai |
2020 |
🧠 TL;DR:
🎯 Best IPL bowling figures abroad: Anil Kumble – 5/5 in Cape Town (2009)
🔥 Best in UAE: Varun Chakravarthy – 5/20 (2020)
🌍 Whether it’s spin in Abu Dhabi or guile in Cape Town, IPL abroad has seen some epic spells.
Want the top 10 spells abroad or a spinner vs pacer breakdown across UAE and SA? I'm all set to dive deeper 🧪💥