Akash Madhwal has now equaled this Indian bowler’s IPL record.

Akash Madhwal is one of the many talents that IPL nourishes each year, and this year talented young Indian players showed their potential to change the course of the game. One of the findings is Akash Madhwal, a right-arm pacer playing for Mumbai Indians this IPL season (2023). He recently got a lot of media attention when, in the eliminator match of the TATA IPL 2023, which happened between the Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians, Akash Madhwal showed his bowling prowess and took five wickets, which was his maiden five-wicket haul in the IPL. Akash Madhwal was a net bowler for RCB in 2019 and joined Mumbai Indians afterwards last year, but he didn’t play a single IPL match back then.

This year, Rohit Sharma showed confidence in this youngster, and he delivered it by ending the match with one of the best bowling figures in the IPL. He took 5 wickets by giving just 5 runs in his 3.3-over spell, and now he has matched the best bowling figures in the IPL of the legendary Indian spin bowler Anil Kumble, who took 5 wickets for 5 runs in 3.1 overs.

MI, while playing first in the eliminator, gave a target of 183 runs to the Lucknow Super Giants, and Madhwal’s exceptional bowling spell helped MI seal the victory by 81 runs. This was the best bowling figure by any bowler in the playoffs so far, though he has been performing consistently for the MI this season as a death over specialist and taking wickets in those overs, and the responsibility of Akash as a primary pace bowler increased even more when Jofra Archer returned to England because of an injury. MI has gone to the next stage and will be playing against the Gujarat Titans in the qualifier 2 match.