Mohit Sharma, on Wednesday (April 24), bowled the most expensive over in the history of the Indian Premier League. The right-arm pacer conceded a staggering 73 runs in his four overs during the game between Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
GT captain Shubman Gill did not use Mohit Sharma until the 12th over as he trusted him to bowl in the crucial death overs. The fast bowler conceded 12 runs in his first over and Rishabh Pant hit him for two fours. He was removed from the attack immediately after that, before he was given the ball to bowl the 16th over.
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Pant hit him for two sixes in the over as pacer GT conceded 16 runs in his second over. In the 18th over, Mohit Sharma gave away 14 runs and Pant hit him for another six. In his first three overs, the 35-year-old conceded 42 runs without taking any wickets.
Gill also gave Mohit Sharma the ball to bowl the final over and the pacer ended up conceding as many as 31 runs. Pant took him to the cleaners and hit four sixes and a four in the over besides hitting a double.
Mohit Sharma bowls most expensive spell in IPL:
Mohit Sharma now holds the record for the most expensive in IPL history. The record was previously held by Basil Thampi, who had conceded 70 runs while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2018.
Mohit Sharma has become the first bowler to touch the 70-run mark while bowling and the first to concede more than 70 runs in a match. Yash Dayal is third on the list for conceding 69 runs while playing for the Gujarat Titans against the Kolkata Knight Riders when Rinku Singh hit him for five sixes in a row.
England’s Reece Topley is fourth on the list for having given up 68 runs while playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Sunrisers Hyderabad earlier this season.
Most expensive spells in IPL:
- 0/73 – Mohit Sharma (GT) v DC, Delhi, 2024
- 0/70 – Basil Thampi (SRH) vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2018
- 0/69 – Yash Dayal (GT) vs KKR, Ahmedabad, 2023
- 0/68 – Reece Topley (RCB) v SRH, Bengaluru
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