IPL 2024: 7 Bowlers with most expensive spells in IPL history

IPL 2024: It was a run-fest in match 40 of the IPL 2024, where Delhi Capitals (DC) posted a target of 225 runs against Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Arun Jaitely Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday, April 24. GT was shy of just five runs from registering their fifth win, but it was the Delhi team that had the last cheer.

With run-fests galore, the IPL 2024 has been a graveyard for bowlers with the 200-run-mark being breached with ease. The bowlers have been taken to the cleaners very frequently, and records have been smashed at regular intervals.

Match number 40 also saw another record getting broken, but it was the kind of record that no player, especially a bowler, would want to hold.

GT pacer Mohit Sharma was hit for a total of 73 runs in his four overs, making it the most expensive spell ever in IPL history. Sharma broke the record of Basil Thampi, who conceded 70 runs in his four overs back in 2018.

With that, here is the list of the top 7 bowlers who have bowled the most expensive spells in IPL history—