Harshal Patel took two wickets against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), tying Dwayne Bravo’s record for most wickets in an IPL season.
IPL 2021 As such, Patel picked up his 32nd wicket of the season. When Venkatesh Iyer gloved an attempted pull behind to Srikar Bharat. Matching Bravo’s total from the Chennai Super Kings in 2013. Bravo took 32 wickets in 18 games, whilst Harshal Patel took 32 wickets in three games less.
Patel, on the other hand, would not be able to go past the West Indies all-rounder. As the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) were eliminated from the IPL 2021 on Monday in the Eliminator versus KKR.
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The RCB pacer, who was acquired from the Delhi Capitals, came close to breaking Bravo’s record, but Devdutt Padikkal dropped a catch off his bowling. Harshal scored 2/19 in the Eliminator while defending 138. It wasn’t enough, though, to prevent KKR from chasing down the target with two balls to spare.
While RCB’s season, as well as Virat Kohli’s term as captain, ended in disappointment, Harshal Patel had a year to remember. When the 30-year-old returned to RCB after three years with the Delhi Capitals, little was expected of him.
Patel had his best IPL season in 2015 when he collected 17 wickets. He had not scored in double digits in any earlier IPL tournament.
The medium-pacer from Gujarat got off to a flying start in IPL 2021. Harshal Patel stole the show in RCB’s season-opener against the defending champions Mumbai Indians. However, He went on to become the first player in the game’s history to take a five-wicket haul against Rohit Sharma’s side.
Patel never looked back after that, as he continued to take wickets with his deceptive slower deliveries, which made him extremely dangerous in the death overs. Patel claimed 19 wickets in the final overs.
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