The IPL is known for explosive batting innings, and a high run total is quite common in the tournament. But chasing down a big score is rare in IPL, yet many teams have managed to accomplish it. Earlier, a 200-plus run total was considered a safe bet in most cases. But surprisingly, the last few years have been tough on the bowlers on the defending side. As the sport is evolving and players are getting better, chasing 200-plus runs is becoming easier. Teams try to score as many runs as possible with the new ball and hope to defend it with their full might. In this article we will discuss about the highest target chased in IPL history.

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The IPL 2024 season has been fantastic so far in which many new records have been made. Talking about the highest target chased in IPL history, Punjab Kings set a new record with 262/2 after they overcame Kolkata Knight Riders' 261/6 at the Eden Gardens in IPL 2024. In a span of 10 days, the highest run chase record was matched and then broken at Eden Gardens with the home team on the receiving end on both occasions. You can check out the full list of the highest successful run chases in IPL history below. 

Highest Target Chased in IPL History

1# PBKS vs KKR | 261 Runs

Punjab Kings set a new record for the highest target chased in IPL history with 262/2 after they overcame Kolkata Knight Riders' 261/6 at the Eden Gardens in IPL 2024. For KKR, it was openers Phil Salt and Sunil Narine's fifties and a few cameos that helped them set a massive total. 

In the second innings, PBKS Prabhsimran Singh smashed a 20-ball 50 (4x4, 5x6) while Jonny Bairstow crafted an unbeaten 108 in just 48 balls, helped by eight fours and nine sixes. The duo put on 93 runs in the powerplay before Prabhsimran was sent back. Shashank Singh too got into the action, blasting 68 runs in just 28 balls, with two fours and eight sixes, at a strike rate of 242.85. After that, PBKS won the match with eight balls and as many wickets to spare. 

2# RR vs KKR (2024) | 224 Runs

Rajasthan Royals equalled it's own record for the highest target chased in IPL history when they chased down Kolkata Knight Riders’ 223/6 at the Eden Gardens during the 2024 season. Asked to bat first, KKR’s innings was pillared by Sunil Narine’s maiden T20 century. In response, RR went on the attack but kept losing wickets while Jos Buttler had anchored the innings at the other end. With 46 needed in the last three overs and the tail exposed, Buttler ensured that he not only kept the strike but also hit timely sixes. Ultimately, the Englishman ensured that RR took the win off the last ball with a single.

3# RR vs PBKS (2020) | 224 Runs

In IPL 2020, Rajasthan Royals set the record for the highest target chased in IPL history when they successfully tracked down 224 for the win against Punjab Kings. Batting first at Sharjah, PBKS scored 223/2 on the back of Mayank Agarwal’s century and KL Rahul’s 69. In the chase, the RR lost Jos Buttler early but captain Steve Smith (50 runs in 27 balls), Sanju Samson (85 in 42) and Rahul Tewatia (53 in 31) scored fifties to help their team over the line in 19.3 overs. RR ended up with 226/6 to win the match by four wickets.

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4# MI vs CSK (2021) | 219 Runs

Mumbai Indians chased down Chennai Super Kings’ 218/4 in Delhi during the IPL 2021. MI needed two off the last ball and Kieron Pollard delivered that. The West Indian scored an unbeaten 87 off just 34 balls, which included eight sixes, to get MI past the CSK total. Quinton de Kock, Rohit Sharma and Krunal Pandya all scored in the thirties. While in the first innings, CSK displayed the high scoring total with the help of Ambati Rayudu's 72 not out off just 27 balls. Apart from that, Faf du Plessis and Moeen Ali both scored half centuries.

5# RR vs DEC (2008) | 215 Runs

Rajasthan Royals was the first team to chase down a total of more than 200 runs during IPL 2008 against the Deccan Chargers. They held on to the record for 12 long years before surpassing it again in IPL 2020. RR needed 17 runs off the last over to win against Deccan Chargers, who had scored 214/5 in Hyderabad during IPL 2008. Andrew Symonds was bowling the final over to Pankaj Singh, who scored three runs off the first two balls and handed the strike to captain Shane Warne. With 14 needed off four, Warne wasted no time and hit a four and back-to-back sixes to end the match with one ball and three wickets to spare. Earlier, Yusuf Pathan scored 61 runs off just 28 balls while Mohammed Kaif hit 34 in 16. In the first innings, Symonds had scored 117* in just 53 balls to help Deccan Chargers to the total.

6# SRH vs RR (2023) | 215 Runs

Sunrisers Hyderabad beat the Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets at their home after chasing down 215 off the last ball. After that, SRH registered the joint fourth highest target chased in IPL history. With 17 needed off the final over Abdul Samad hit a six off the second ball to leave the equation to five runs from the last delivery. Everybody thought Samad was out with Jos Buttler taking a catch near the boundary but the umpire called for a no-ball. After that, SRH needed four runs for a win, but Samad (17*) then smashed a six to reach 217 for 6 and notch up one of the most memorable wins in the IPL. Earlier SRH top-order batters Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi scored 55 and 47 respectively but it was the Glenn Phillips who scored 25 runs in just 7 balls that turned the game on its head and reignited the chase.

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7# MI vs PBKS (2023) | 215 Runs

Mumbai Indians once again displayed their batting dominance by chasing down a high-scoring target of 215 against Punjab Kings at the PCA Stadium in Mohali in IPL 2023. A collective effort from Ishan Kishan (75 off 41) and Suryakumar Yadav (66 off 31) ensured a memorable victory in a match’s run-fest. The duo added 116 runs from just 55 balls. After their dismissal, MI needed 37 runs off 22 balls but Tim David (19 not out) and Tilak Verma (26 not out) sealed the chase.

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We have all heard multiple times that T20 cricket is a batter’s game. However, one thing is to be noted that it is a bowler who turns the game for his team most times. The teams across the world have understood the fact that they need a good set of bowlers to win a tournament. This is true in the biggest T20 tournament IPL as well.

Over the years, it has been seen that teams who possess quality bowlers perform quite well, while those who struggle in this department generally lag behind.

So, let's take a look at the bowlers with the most wickets in IPL history.

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Top 10 bowlers with most wickets in IPL history:

10. Ravindra Jadeja | 160* Wickets

Ravindra Jadeja is easily the most well-rounded cricketer India has ever produced. A major portion of his success needs to be credited to the IPL, as the Saurashtra superstar built his international career by learning in the IPL under cricketing greats like Shane Warne, MS Dhoni, Stephen Fleming, and others. 

Apart from missing the 2010 season, Ravindra Jadeja has played all the other seasons with him representing Chennai Super Kings (CSK) since 2012. He has played 240 games taking 160 wickets with the ball with an average of 30.40 and an economy rate of 7.62.

His generational fielding skills have also shined, as the 36-year-old has taken 103 catches in the competition, making him ‘The Ultimate All-rounder’ as he is the only player to have 1000+ runs, 100+ wickets, and 100+ catches, fulfilling his 3-dimensional abilities to the fullest. 

9. Jasprit Bumrah | 165* Wickets

Jasprit Bumrah, the game-changer of the game has put his name at no. 9 on this list of bowlers who scalped the most wickets in IPL history. Bumrah has been playing for Mumbai Indians since the 2013 season, in which the franchise bought him at a cheap price.

Bumrah has scalped 165 wickets in 133 games with an average of 22.51. Meanwhile, Bumrah has bowled at an economy rate of 7.30 in the franchise cricket league. This year he will be playing for MI again as the franchise retained him before the mega auction.

8. Lasith Malinga | 170 Wickets

Lasith Malinga, who is undoubtedly the greatest pacer in the IPL history has taken 170 wickets in 122 games he has played. Malinga averages 19.79 with the bowl and maintained an economy rate of 7.14 in the cash-rich league. 

Though 108 of these wickets have come in death overs where batters try to score at a faster pace and often get out in the process, still his overall numbers are too good to be questioned.

Malinga started playing for Mumbai Indians in the 2009 season, and last appeared in the 2019 season. His final over in the 2019 final was enough to prove his greatness even at that stage of his career.

7. Amit Mishra | 174 Wickets

The next bowler on the list is Indian leggie Amit Mishra who has picked 174 wickets in 162 games. The seventh-highest wicket-taker in the history of IPL, Mishra, went unsold in the mega auction of IPL 2025. 

He has recorded an impressive economy of 7.37 in the league and has been crucial in taking wickets in middle overs. However, previously he has played for Lucknow Super Giants.

6. Ravichandran Ashwin | 180* Wickets

Ravichandran Ashwin is always known as a great bowler in Test cricket but he has also proved his ability in the shortest format of the game. Meanwhile, Ash comes at number six on this list of bowlers with the most wickets in IPL history. 

Ashwin also has picked 180 wickets in 212 matches with an average of 29.82. He has also maintained an economy rate of 7.12. 

Ashwin went on to play for Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals, and returns to the CSK fold after having featured for Rajasthan Royals for the last three seasons.

The Indian off-spinner was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs. 9.75 crore at the IPL 2025 auction. Ashwin had burst onto the scene in 2009 with CSK under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. He represented Super Kings till 2015 and was part of two title-winning campaigns, in 2010 and 2011. 

5. Sunil Narine | 180* Wickets

The next bowler on this is none other than the West Indies magician Sunil Narine. Narine has taken 180 wickets in 176 games with an average of 25.39 and bowls with an economy rate of 6.73. 

He has been a crucial member of the Kolkata-based franchise KKR, as the franchise won the league back in 2012, 2014, and 2024.

Narine has also played as an opener under Gambhir's captaincy. However, currently, he is with the KKR franchise as they retain the off-spinner before the IPL 2025 mega auction.

4. Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 181* Wickets

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, with 181 wickets is the fourth name in this list of players with the most wickets in IPL. Bhuvi has played in 176 matches in which he took those 181 wickets at an average of 27.23. However, he has bowled with an economy rate of 7.56 in the league. 

Meanwhile, Bhuvi will play for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru franchise as they bought him in the IPL 2025 mega auction at a whopping 10.75 crore price.

3. Dwayne Bravo | 183 Wickets 

Dwayne Bravo with 183 wickets is the third name on the list. He is the second pacer after Lasith Malinga on the list to take the most wickets in IPL. 

Bravo had been a vital cog in Chennai’s bowling lineup, particularly in the death overs. With MS Dhoni being captain, Bravo’s potential has been used very cleverly for the team’s benefit. 

The all-rounder has played 161 IPL games and averages 23.82 with the ball. 

He played his last IPL match in the 2022 season for Chennai.

2. Piyush Chawla | 192 Wickets

Piyush Chawla, who was bought by Mumbai Indians for IPL 2021 in the mini-auction is the second-highest wicket-taker in the league history. He has picked 192 wickets in 192 matches with an average of 26.60 and an economy being 7.96. 

Piyush Chawla has earlier featured for Chennai, Punjab, and Kolkata-based franchises in the cash-rich league.

Over the last two years, Chawla was the lead spinner for Mumbai Indians. But, no teams went for him in IPL 2025 auction.

1. Yuzvendra Chahal | 205* Wickets

Yuzvendra Chahal has taken the most wickets in IPL history. Chahal has played in 160 games in which he has scalped 205 wickets with an average of 22.44. Moreover, he has an economy of 7.84 in the league.

Previously Chahal has played for RCB till 2021 and this season he will be featuring the Rajasthan Royals as they bought him in the IPL mega auction.

Chahal was with Rajasthan Royals since the 2022 season, claiming 66 wickets in 46 games. He has also represented Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians earlier in the IPL. He is among the 19 bowlers to have claimed a hat-trick in the IPL.

The leg-break bowler also won the Purple Cap for being the leading wicket-taker during the 2022 season, with 27 wickets to his name in 17 games at an average of 19.51 and an economy of 7.75.

There are only 9 days left for the IPL 2025 event. 

The upcoming season of the Indian Premier League will start from March 22 with reigning champions Kolkata Knight Riders hosting Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the iconic Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. 

Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer has been declared the captain of Punjab Kings.

Recall that Shreyas was bought by Punjab in the mega auction by paying Rs 26.75 crore. 

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With this he became the second most expensive player in IPL history. 

Well, apart from Punjab, many teams have announced the name of their captain.

While releasing its retention list, Mumbai Indians had said that Hardik Pandya will remain the captain of MI next season. 

While Ruturaj Gaikwad will be the captain of CSK after the successful trial of IPL 2024, Pat Cummins would like to take SRH to the final for the second consecutive season.

Even though the performance of Gujarat Titans last season was disappointing, the team has once again shown confidence in Shubman Gill. 

Sanju Samson will lead the Rajasthan Royals team.

Rishabh Pant, who went from Delhi to Lucknow, is the most expensive player of IPL.

Lucknow bought him for Rs 27 crore. Pant will lead the Lucknow team.

On the other hand, Rajat Patidar was named the Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain.

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So far, Delhi Capitals remain the only team to not announce their captain. There are reports that KL Rahul has declined the captaincy of the team.

The five teams who will have new captains heading into IPL 2025 are: Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings.

IPL 2025 | Captains of Every Franchise

• Chennai Super Kings - Ruturaj Gaikwad
• Gujarat Titans - Shubman Gill
• Lucknow Super Giants - Rishabh Pant
• Mumbai Indians - Hardik Pandya
• Punjab Kings - Shreyas Iyer
• Rajasthan Royals - Sanju Samson
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru - Rajat Patidar
• Sunrisers Hyderabad - Pat Cummins
• Kolkata Knight Riders - Ajinkya Rahane
• Delhi Capitals - Yet to be announced 

Mumbai Indians extended their winning streak to 5-0 against Gujarat Giants in the Women’s Premier League as they defeated them by six wickets on Tuesday in Vadodara. The WPL 2023 champions chased down Gujarat’s 121-run target with 5 wickets in hands and 23 balls to go in the match. 

MI made two changes in the playing XI

Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and handed debut caps to two young India U-19 champions G Kamalini and Parunika Sisodia before electing to bowl first. Both Kamalini and Sisodia were part of the India team which won the U-19 Women’s World Cup earlier this year. Kamalini and Sisodia replaced Jintimani Kalita and Saika Ishaque in the playing XI for them. 

Meantime, Gujarat Giants had an unchanged XI from their win against UP Warriorz on Sunday. 

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Great start for MI bowlers

Nat Sciver-Brunt struck early for Mumbai, dismissing Beth Mooney for 1 in the second over. In the next over Shabnim Ismail struck to dismiss Laura Wolvaardt for 4. Hayley Matthews then finished Gujarat’s top three by dismissing Dayalan Hemalatha on 9 in the next over.

At 16/3, Gujarat’s only hope was their captain Ashleigh Gardner who had struck back-to-back fifties in the first two games. But in the last over of the power play, Nat Sciver-Brunt got the big fish of Gardner on 10 and all Giants were in deep trouble. 

Harleen Deol (32 off 31) tried her best to assess the situation and take the inning as deep as she could. But, the Indian batter kept losing partners from the other end. Kashvee Gautam was the other batter who reached the 20-run mark but could only add that many runs on the board. 

Hayley Matthews finished with three wickets for 16 while Nat Sciver-Brunt and Amelia Kerr took two wickets each to bundle out Giants for 120 in the first inning.

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Shaky start to MI's chase

During the chase Giants got rid of Hayley Matthews (17 off 19) in the fourth over through Tanuja Kanwar to start a possible comeback. Yastika Bhatia also could only add 8 for Mumbai. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur also got out in the second ball, after striking a boundary in the first ball against Kashvee Gautam.

But, just like the first match, Nat Sciver-Brunt was the saviour with the bat for Mumbai Indians. With Amelia Kerr (19 off 20), Nat built a 45-run partnership to take Mumbai’s total to 100. 

Nat Sciver-Brunt to rescue MI

Run scoring was not that easy on that wicket but Nat Sciver-Brunt was like playing on a different surface all-together. The English all-rounder completed her second fifty of the season in 33 balls. Nat though could not finish the job as she dragged one down to the stumps from Priya Mishra on 57 from 39 balls. 

S Sajana hit the winning runs for Mumbai as they chased down the total with 23 balls remaining in the inning. With this win, they have now moved up to the number two position on the points table. 

What did the captains say after the match?

 "We just lost wickets in clumps. We put a lot of onus on the top order to score a bulk of the runs but it wasn't to be (tonight)," Gardner said in the post-match presentation. 

"Whatever we talked about in the team meetings, we executed. Really happy everything went according to our plans. The first six overs are very important. Our bowlers did a great job," Harmanpreet Kaur stated. 

Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians: Match Summary

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Mumbai Indians extend their lead over Gujarat Giants over 5-0 after a stunning five wickets win.

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Gujarat Titans, who won the IPL 2022 title, is ready to participate in the upcoming season. 

In IPL 2025, Gujarat will play its first match against Punjab Kings on March 25 in Ahmedabad.

Shubman Gill will captain Gujarat in IPL 2025. He also captained this team last season. But GT could not make it to the playoffs of IPL 2024.

Also Read: IPL 2025 schedule of Royal Challengers Bengaluru

The Titans had an underwhelming campaign in the previous season as they finished eighth on the table with just five wins in 14 matches.

Here is the full IPL 2025 Schedule of Gujarat Titans.

IPL 2025 Schedule of Gujarat Titans

1. March 25, Tuesday - Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings - 7:30 PM - Ahmedabad
2. March 29, Saturday - Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians - 7:30 PM - Ahmedabad
3. April 2, Wednesday - Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans - 7:30 PM - Bengaluru
4. April 6, Sunday - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Gujarat Titans - 7:30 PM - Hyderabad
5. April 9, Wednesday - Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals - 7:30 PM - Ahmedabad
6. April 12, Saturday - Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans - 7:30 PM - Lucknow
7. April 19, Saturday - Gujarat Titans vs Delhi Capitals - 7:30 PM - Ahmedabad
8. April 21, Monday - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans - 7:30 PM - Kolkata
9. April 28, Monday - Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans - 7:30 PM - Jaipur
10. May 2, Friday - Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - 7:30 PM - Ahmedabad
11. May 6, Tuesday - Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans - 7:30 PM - Mumbai
12. May 11, Sunday - Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans - 7:30 PM - Delhi
13. May 14, Wednesday - Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Super Giants - 7:30 PM - Ahmedabad
14. May 18, Sunday - Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings - 7:30 PM - Ahmedabad