Varun Chakaravarthy Creates History, Becomes First Indian Bowler To...

Varun Chakaravarthy entered his name in the record books on Friday, April 17, by becoming the first Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in the Indian Premier League for Kolkata Knight Riders. The spinner from Tamil Nadu dismissed Jos Buttler in the 10th over of the Gujarat Titans innings in the IPL 2026 match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, to take his tally of wickets to 100 in the IPL for the Kolkata-based franchise.

Varun is overall the third bowler to take 100 or more wickets in the IPL for Kolkata Knight Riders.

Most wickets for KKR in IPL 

PLAYER	MATCHES	WICKETS	BEST FIGURES
Sunil Narine	194*	196*	5/19
Andre Russell	133	122	5/15
Varun Chakaravarthy	87*	100*	5/20
Piyush Chawla	70	66	4/32
Umesh Yadav	67	65	4/23
Shakib Al Hasan	51	47	3/17
Jacques Kallis	56	42	3/13
Kuldeep Yadav	45	40	4/20
Harshit Rana	34	40	3/24
Vaibhav Arora	33*	39*	3/27

The record of taking the most wickets for KKR in the IPL is held by Sunil Narine. The legendary West Indies spinner, who is playing for KKR in the ongoing match vs Gujarat Titans, has picked

up 196 wickets in 194 IPL matches. He is followed by Andre Russell.

Russell finished his IPL career with 122 wickets in 133 matches for KKR.

The record of taking most wickets for one team in the IPL is held by Narine. The former West Indies spinner has played 194 IPL matches so far for Kolkata Knight Riders since making his IPL debut in 2012 and has 196 wickets to his credit.

India’s Jasprit Bumrah is in 2nd place with 183 wickets in 150 IPL matches for Mumbai Indians.

Most wickets for one team in IPL

PLAYER	TEAM	MATCHES	WICKETS	BEST FIGURES
Sunil Narine	Kolkata Knight Riders	194*	196*	5/19
Jasprit Bumrah	Mumbai Indians	150	183	5/10
Lasith Malinga	Mumbai Indians	122	170	5/13
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	Sunrisers Hyderabad	145	157	5/19
Ravindra Jadeja	Chennai Super Kings	186	143	5/16
Dwayne Bravo	Chennai Super Kings	116	140	4/42
Yuzvendra Chahal	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	113	139	4/25
Harbhajan Singh	Mumbai Indians	136	127	5/18
Andre Russell	Kolkata Knight Riders	133	122	5/15
Amit Mishra	Delhi Capitals	99	106	5/17
Arshdeep Singh	Punjab Kings	87	102	5/32
Varun Chakaravarthy	Kolkata Knight Riders	87*	100*	5/20

Varun, who finished as the joint-highest wicket-taker in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, had failed to pick up a single wicket in his first three matches of the ongoing season for Kolkata Knight Riders.

He conceded 48 runs in his quota of four overs against Mumbai Indians on March 29, was hammered for 31 runs in two overs by SRH batters on April 2, and finished with figures of 0 for 26 in three overs against CSK on April 14.