Arshdeep Singh on Wednesday took a five-wicket haul against Rajasthan Royals. His excellent performance helped Punjab Kings restrict RR to 185 runs in their allotted 20 overs. The youngster took the wickets of Evin Lewis, Liam Livingstone, Mahipal Lomror who looked dangerous. He wrapped up his five wickets haul with wickets of Chetan Sakariya and Kartik Tyagi.
Arshdeep Singh is one of the youngest players to take a five-wicket haul in IPL. The 22-year-old joins Jaidev Unadkat and Alzarri Joseph on the list. Also, he now has the best figures by an uncapped Indian player in IPL. Others are Ankit Rajpoot and Harshal Patel.
As per Cricbuzz, the only other bowler before Arshdeep Singh to take a five-wicket haul in IPL against RR is PBKS’ head coach Anil Kumble – 5/5 in Cape Town in 2009.
Youngest to take 5-fer in IPL
21y 204d Jaidev Unadkat 5/25 v DC 2013
22y 168d Alzarri Joseph 6/12 v SRH 2019
22y 228d Arshdeep Singh 5/32 v RR Dubai 2021
22y 237d Ishant Sharma 5/12 v KTK Kochi 2011
Best figures by uncapped Indian players (IPL)
5/14 Ankit Rajpoot KXIP v SRH Hyderabad 2018
5/20 Varun Chakravarthy KKR v DC Abu Dhabi 2020
5/27 Harshal Patel RCB v MI Chennai 2021
5/32 Arshdeep Singh PBKS v RR Dubai 2021
His excellent bowling performance also took him to the top 10 on the Purple Cap leaderboard. He has so far taken 12 wickets in 7 matches. Most importantly, he delivered for Punjab Kings in absence of Jhye Richardson and Andrew Tye.
The youngster has stepped up his game after an impressive performance in last edition of IPL.
