page_title: List of Indian Premier League five-wicket hauls
hierarchical_section_title: List of Indian Premier League five-wicket hauls
caption_attribution_description: Edited version of original image depicting popular Indian cricketer Anil Kumble.
context_page_description: In cricket, a five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement. The Indian Premier League is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India, which has been held annually since its first season in 2008. In the nine seasons played, fifteen five-wicket hauls have been taken by different bowlers. Players from nine of the thirteen teams have taken five-wicket hauls; Pune Warriors India, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, are the only franchises for which a player has not taken a five-wicket haul.
  The first five-wicket haul was taken by Sohail Tanvir of the Rajasthan Royals against the Chennai Super Kings on 4 May 2008. Tanvir took six wickets for fourteen runs, it remained the best bowling figures in an innings by a player in the competition for 11 years until Alzarri Joseph broke it in 2019. It is among the only two six-wicket hauls in tournament. The most recent five-wicket haul was taken by Alzarri Joseph of the Mumbai Indians.
context_section_description: In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India, which has been held annually since its first season in 2008. In the nine seasons played, fifteen five-wicket hauls have been taken by different bowlers. Players from nine of the thirteen teams have taken five-wicket hauls; Pune Warriors India, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, are the only franchises for which a player has not taken a five-wicket haul.
  The first five-wicket haul was taken by Sohail Tanvir of the Rajasthan Royals against the Chennai Super Kings on 4 May 2008. Tanvir took six wickets for fourteen runs, it remained the best bowling figures in an innings by a player in the competition for 11 years until Alzarri Joseph broke it in 2019. It is among the only two six-wicket hauls in tournament. The most recent five-wicket haul was taken by Alzarri Joseph of the Mumbai Indians. The most economical five-wicket haul was taken by Anil Kumble of the Royal Challengers Bangalore, who claimed five wickets with an economy rate of 1.57 and a bowling average of 1.00 in the 2009 season, and won the "best breakthrough performance" award for it. Jaydev Unadkat of the Rising Pune Supergiant took the worst five-wicket haul, 5/30 bowling with an economy rate of 7.50.
  James Faulkner  is the only bowler who has taken two five-wicket hauls in the IPL, both being against the Sunrisers Hyderabad for the Rajasthan Royals in the 2013 season. Three five-wickets hauls have been taken by players of the Mumbai Indians and the Rajasthan Royals, respectively, which is more than any other team. Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad have had the highest number of five-wicket hauls against them, with three each. Three five-wicket hauls have been taken at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground. Fifty-five four-wicket hauls have been taken in the competition, 13 of which were taken in fewer than four overs. Andrew Tye of Gujarat Lions is the only bowler to take a hat-trick and a five-wicket haul in an IPL match.
  The list includes all the five-wicket hauls taken in the IPL, and is correct as of 23 April, 2019. The list does not cover the games played by the IPL teams in other tournaments, such as the Champions League Twenty20, the British Asian Cup or the 2008 Kolkata Knight Riders tour of Australia.
caption: Anil Kumble took the most economical five-wicket haul in the IPL,[1] which was rated as the top individual bowling performance by ESPNcricinfo.[2]
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