Most Wickets in IPL 2012 Table

In the IPL season 2012, Morne Morkel emerged as a best bowler for Delhi Capitals (DC), exhibiting remarkable consistency by amassing 25 wickets in just 16 innings, boasting an impressive strike rate of 15.12.

Sunil Narine led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) with 24 wickets in 15 innings, showcasing a strong strike rate of 14.79.

Lasith Malinga explosive bowling for Mumbai Indians (MI) proved pivotal, as he claimed 22 wickets in 14 innings, showcasing a stunning strike rate of 15.13.

Top 10 Player hitting Most Wickets
Highest Wicket Taking Bowler in Innings
Best Average Bowler in IPL
Best Economy Bowler in the IPL
Best Strike-rate Bowler in the IPL
Bowler taken 4 Wickets
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Pos	PLAYER	Mat	Inns	Ov	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1	Morne Morkel	16	16	63	453	25	4/20	18.12	7.19	15.12	1	0
2	Sunil Narine	15	15	59	324	24	5/19	13.5	5.47	14.79	1	1
3	Lasith Malinga	14	14	55	350	22	5/13	15.9	6.3	15.13	1	0
4	Umesh Yadav	17	17	61	453	19	4/24	23.84	7.42	19.26	0	0
5	Vinay Kumar	15	14	56	480	19	4/40	25.26	8.59	17.63	0	0
6	Dale Steyn	12	12	46	285	18	3/11	15.83	6.1	15.55	0	0
7	Parvinder Awana	12	12	47	372	17	4/34	21.88	7.91	16.58	1	0
8	Zaheer Khan	16	15	60	453	17	4/17	26.64	7.55	21.17	0	0
9	Kieron Pollard	14	14	44	350	16	4/44	21.87	7.98	16.43	1	0
10	Piyush Chawla	16	16	57	419	16	4/17	26.18	7.35	21.37	0	0
11	Dwayne Bravo	19	18	57	461	15	4/22	30.73	7.99	23.06	0	0
12	Jacques Kallis	17	16	54	403	15	3/13	26.86	7.46	21.6	0	0
13	Munaf Patel	12	12	46	367	15	5/21	24.46	7.86	18.66	2	0
14	Muttiah Muralitharan	10	10	40	260	15	3/11	17.33	6.5	16.0	0	0
15	Azhar Mahmood	11	11	42	329	14	3/20	23.5	7.71	18.28	0	0
16	Ben Hilfenhaus	9	9	34	233	14	3/27	16.64	6.85	14.57	0	0
17	Ravichandran Ashwin	19	18	66	432	14	4/34	30.85	6.56	28.21	0	0
18	Albie Morkel	16	15	49	385	13	4/32	29.61	7.77	22.84	0	0
19	Amit Mishra	14	14	47	377	13	5/17	29.0	8.02	21.69	0	0
20	Rajat Bhatia	17	16	53	389	13	4/15	29.92	7.31	24.53	0	0
21	Siddharth Trivedi	14	14	52	380	13	4/25	29.23	7.3	24.0	1	0
22	Ravindra Jadeja	19	14	35	273	12	5/16	22.75	7.8	17.5	0	1
23	Shakib Al Hasan	8	8	30	195	12	3/17	16.25	6.5	15.0	0	0
24	Ashish Nehra	13	13	48	402	11	4/10	36.54	8.37	26.18	0	0
25	Lakshmipathy Balaji	8	8	30	162	11	5/24	14.72	5.43	16.27	1	0
26	Amit Singh	9	9	33	310	10	4/19	31.0	9.44	19.7	0	0
27	Ashish Reddy	9	8	24	205	10	3/25	20.5	8.48	14.5	0	0
28	Brad Hogg	9	9	36	253	10	4/29	25.3	7.02	21.6	0	0
29	Kevon Cooper	6	6	24	174	10	4/26	17.4	7.25	14.4	1	0
30	RP Singh	11	11	41	318	10	4/22	31.8	7.75	24.6	0	0
31	Veer Pratap Singh	9	9	34	296	10	2/31	29.6	8.7	20.4	0	0
32	Ashok Dinda	7	7	24	169	9	4/18	18.77	7.04	16.0	1	0
33	Harshal Patel	12	11	41	340	9	5/27	37.77	8.29	27.33	0	0
34	Johan Botha	11	11	41	297	9	3/6	33.0	7.24	27.33	0	0
35	Pragyan Ojha	9	9	30	220	9	3/11	24.44	7.33	20.0	0	0
36	Praveen Kumar	16	16	63	434	9	3/18	48.22	6.88	42.0	0	0
37	Rahul Sharma	11	11	37	300	9	3/13	33.33	8.1	24.66	0	0
38	Shadab Jakati	15	15	41	335	9	4/22	37.22	8.17	27.33	0	0
39	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	11	11	39	281	8	5/19	35.12	7.2	29.25	0	0
40	Dan Christian	7	7	27	233	8	2/10	29.12	8.62	20.25	0	0
41	Doug Bollinger	6	6	18	157	8	4/13	19.62	8.72	13.5	0	0
42	Irfan Pathan	17	17	60	465	8	3/24	58.12	7.75	45.0	0	0
43	Marlon Samuels	8	8	28	216	8	3/39	27.0	7.53	21.5	0	0
44	Ryan Harris	5	5	18	130	8	4/34	16.25	7.22	13.5	1	0
45	Shahbaz Nadeem	12	12	45	318	8	3/16	39.75	7.06	33.75	0	0
46	Varun Aaron	8	8	31	271	8	3/16	33.87	8.74	23.25	0	0
47	Angelo Mathews	9	9	26	192	7	4/19	27.42	7.38	22.28	0	0
48	Ankeet Chavan	8	8	27	236	7	2/23	33.71	8.63	23.42	0	0
49	Brett Lee	10	10	38	299	7	3/15	42.71	7.86	32.57	0	0
50	Dimitri Mascarenhas	4	4	16	105	7	5/25	15.0	6.56	13.71	0	1
51	Pankaj Singh	6	6	21	170	7	2/18	24.28	8.09	18.0	0	0
52	Pawan Negi	8	6	22	152	7	4/18	21.71	6.9	18.85	1	0
53	Dhawal Kulkarni	2	2	8	64	6	4/14	10.66	8.0	8.0	0	0
54	Harbhajan Singh	17	16	54	384	6	5/18	64.0	7.11	54.0	0	0
55	Harmeet Singh Bansal	7	6	19	168	6	3/24	28.0	8.68	19.33	0	0
56	James Franklin	12	9	15	121	6	2/18	20.16	8.06	15.0	0	0
57	KP Appanna	7	6	17	148	6	4/19	24.66	8.7	17.0	1	0
58	Shane Watson	7	7	23	161	6	4/29	26.83	7.0	23.0	0	0
59	Shaun Tait	6	6	23	151	6	3/13	25.16	6.61	22.83	0	0
60	Ajit Chandila	4	4	14	86	5	4/13	17.2	6.14	16.8	1	0
61	Andrew McDonald	4	3	10	61	5	2/25	12.2	6.1	12.0	0	0
62	Daniel Vettori	9	9	35	236	5	3/15	47.2	6.74	42.0	0	0
63	Wayne Parnell	6	6	21	128	5	3/27	25.6	6.09	25.2	0	0
64	Ankit Sharma	9	9	24	165	4	2/20	41.25	6.82	36.25	0	0
65	Iqbal Abdulla	9	8	22	144	4	3/24	36.0	6.54	33.0	0	0
66	Murali Kartik	11	11	36	266	4	3/17	66.5	7.38	54.0	0	0
67	Nuwan Kulasekara	5	4	14	94	4	2/10	23.5	6.71	21.0	0	0
68	Ajit Agarkar	4	4	14	134	3	3/25	44.66	9.34	28.66	0	0
69	Alfonso Thomas	4	4	14	109	3	3/22	36.33	7.78	28.0	0	0
70	Anand Rajan	4	4	12	109	3	3/27	36.33	9.21	23.66	0	0
71	David Hussey	16	6	9	63	3	2/2	21.0	7.0	18.0	0	0
72	Doug Bracewell	1	1	4	32	3	3/32	10.66	8.0	8.0	0	0
73	James Faulkner	2	2	8	72	3	5/16	24.0	9.0	16.0	0	0
74	Manpreet Gony	6	6	24	207	3	3/31	69.0	8.62	48.0	0	0
75	Marchant de Lange	3	3	10	107	3	3/34	35.66	10.7	20.0	0	0
76	Robin Peterson	5	4	8	70	3	3/37	23.33	8.75	16.0	0	0
77	Shikhar Dhawan	15	4	6	55	3	1/7	18.33	9.16	12.0	0	0
78	Stuart Binny	8	6	10	78	3	2/14	26.0	7.8	20.0	0	0
79	Yo Mahesh	5	4	9	81	3	4/36	27.0	8.67	18.66	0	0
80	Yusuf Pathan	17	12	22	182	3	3/20	60.66	8.27	44.0	0	0
81	Bhargav Bhatt	5	5	16	136	2	4/22	68.0	8.24	49.5	0	0
82	Dwayne Smith	7	6	13	95	2	4/8	47.5	7.3	39.0	0	0
83	Juan Theron	2	2	8	66	2	2/17	33.0	8.25	24.0	0	0
84	Michael Clarke	6	5	11	67	2	1/12	33.5	6.09	33.0	0	0
85	Roelof van der Merwe	3	3	10	60	2	3/20	30.0	6.0	30.0	0	0
86	Sourav Ganguly	15	4	10	95	2	2/21	47.5	9.5	30.0	0	0
87	Suresh Raina	19	7	14	105	2	2/0	52.5	7.5	42.0	0	0
88	Abhishek Jhunjhunwala	5	3	6	38	1	1/13	38.0	6.33	36.0	0	0
89	Akshath Reddy	5	1	3	32	1	1/32	32.0	10.66	18.0	0	0
90	Andre Russell	4	4	16	161	1	5/15	161.0	10.06	96.0	0	0
91	Ashok Menaria	15	3	3	23	1	2/20	23.0	6.9	20.0	0	0
92	Brad Hodge	12	2	2	21	1	4/13	21.0	10.5	12.0	0	0
93	Clint McKay	2	2	7	60	1	1/36	60.0	8.57	42.0	0	0
94	Glenn Maxwell	2	2	3	22	1	2/15	22.0	7.33	18.0	0	0
95	Jesse Ryder	11	4	7	70	1	2/14	70.0	10.0	42.0	0	0
96	JP Duminy	9	6	12	104	1	4/17	104.0	8.66	72.0	0	0
97	Laxmi Ratan Shukla	11	2	2	12	1	3/25	12.0	6.0	12.0	0	0
98	Mandeep Singh	16	1	3	23	1	1/23	23.0	7.66	18.0	0	0
99	Pradeep Sangwan	1	1	4	42	1	3/18	42.0	10.5	24.0	0	0
100	Ryan ten Doeschate	3	1	3	24	1	1/24	24.0	8.0	18.0	0	0

Top 10 Wicket-Takers in IPL 2012

In IPL T20 cricket season 2012, Morne Morkel(DC) led the bowling charts with a remarkable 25 wickets from 16 innings, followed closely by Sunil Narine(KKR) with 24 wickets in 15 innings. Lasith Malinga(MI) explosive bowling earned him the third spot with 22 wickets from 14 innings, while Umesh Yadav(DC) and Vinay Kumar(RCB) secured the fourth and fifth positions respectively.

Rank	Player	Innings	Wickets
1	Morne Morkel	16	25
2	Sunil Narine	15	24
3	Lasith Malinga	14	22
4	Umesh Yadav	17	19
5	Vinay Kumar	14	19
6	Dale Steyn	12	18
7	Parvinder Awana	12	17
8	Zaheer Khan	15	17
9	Kieron Pollard	14	16
10	Piyush Chawla	16	16

2012 IPL Season: Ranking Top Bowlers by Most Wickets in a Single Match

Team	Innings	BBI
Dimitri Mascarenhas	4	5/25
Amit Mishra	14	5/17
Sunil Narine	15	5/19
Munaf Patel	12	5/21
Harbhajan Singh	16	5/18
Ravindra Jadeja	14	5/16
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	11	5/19
Lakshmipathy Balaji	8	5/24
Andre Russell	4	5/15
James Faulkner	2	5/16

Dimitri Mascarenhas, playing for Punjab Kings(PBKS), was the top player in IPL T20 cricket in 2012, taking the highest number of wicket in a single match with a total of 5/25.

2012 IPL Season: Top Bowlers by Average Rate

In the 2012 IPL T20 cricket season, Doug Bracewell, playing for the Delhi Capitals(DC), truly shined with an impressive average of 10.66.
In the 2012 IPL T20 season, Dhawal Kulkarni, donning the Mumbai Indians(MI) jersey, showcased an impressive average of 10.66, securing his place as one of the top bowlers of the tournament.

Rank	Team	Innings	Average
1	Doug Bracewell	1	10.66
2	Dhawal Kulkarni	2	10.66
3	Laxmi Ratan Shukla	2	12
4	Andrew McDonald	3	12.2
5	Sunil Narine	15	13.5
6	Lakshmipathy Balaji	8	14.72
7	Dimitri Mascarenhas	4	15
8	Dale Steyn	12	15.83
9	Lasith Malinga	14	15.9
10	Ryan Harris	5	16.25

2012 IPL Season: Top Bowlers by Economy Rate

Rank	Team	Innings	Economy
1	Lakshmipathy Balaji	8	5.43
2	Sunil Narine	15	5.47
3	Roelof van der Merwe	3	6
4	Laxmi Ratan Shukla	2	6
5	Wayne Parnell	6	6.09
6	Michael Clarke	5	6.09
7	Andrew McDonald	3	6.1
8	Dale Steyn	12	6.1
9	Ajit Chandila	4	6.14
10	Lasith Malinga	14	6.3

In the 2012 IPL T20 cricket season, Lakshmipathy Balaji, presenting Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR), stood out as the top bowler with an impressive economy rate of 5.43, showcasing his remarkable talent on the field.
In the 2012 IPL T20 season, Sunil Narine, playing for Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR), showcased an impressive economy of 5.47, securing his place as one of the second top bowlers of the tournament.

2012 IPL Season: Top Bowlers by Strike Rate

In the 2012 IPL T20 cricket season, Dhawal Kulkarni, representing the Mumbai Indians(MI), distinguished himself as the premier bowler with a remarkable strike rate of 8.
In the 2012 IPL T20 season, Doug Bracewell, playing for Delhi Capitals(DC), showcased an impressive strike of 8, securing his place as one of the second top bowlers of the tournament.

Rank	Team	Innings	SR
1	Dhawal Kulkarni	2	8
2	Doug Bracewell	1	8
3	Laxmi Ratan Shukla	2	12
4	Brad Hodge	2	12
5	Andrew McDonald	3	12
6	Shikhar Dhawan	4	12
7	Ryan Harris	5	13.5
8	Doug Bollinger	6	13.5
9	Dimitri Mascarenhas	4	13.71
10	Kevon Cooper	6	14.4

Top Performers: Bowlers Who Took 4 Wickets in a Single Match - 2012 IPL Season

Rank	Team	Innings	4w
1	Munaf Patel	12	2
2	Morne Morkel	16	1
3	Kevon Cooper	6	1
4	Ryan Harris	5	1
5	Ashok Dinda	7	1
6	Lakshmipathy Balaji	8	1
7	Siddharth Trivedi	14	1
8	KP Appanna	6	1
9	Kieron Pollard	14	1
10	Sunil Narine	15	1
11	Parvinder Awana	12	1
12	Pawan Negi	6	1
13	Ajit Chandila	4	1
14	Lasith Malinga	14	1

Top Performers: Bowlers Who Took 5 Wickets in a Single Match - 2012 IPL Season

Rank	Team	Innings	5w
1	Sunil Narine	15	1
2	Dimitri Mascarenhas	4	1
3	Ravindra Jadeja	14	1