Most wickets as captain in IPL history: Pat Cummins beats Hardik Pandya and closes in on Shane Warne

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KEY TAKEAWAYS:​

• Pat Cummins became the highest wicket-taker as a captain in IPL history among active players.
• Cummins second only to compatriot and Australian legend Shane Warne in the all-time list.
• Cummins picked up three wickets against CSK.

Pat Cummins goes past Hardik Pandya's tally with three wickets against CSK​

Captain Pat Cummins led his SRH bowling attack from the front against CSK on Monday at the M.C Chidambaram Stadium in a crucial IPL 2026 clash.

CSK were off to a fiery start with Sanju Samson hitting the SRH pacers for fun, however, Cummins got the breakthrough in the third over as he dismissed CSK's danger man.

Cummins then picked up two more wickets in his quota of 4 overs and leaked only 28 runs as SRH restricted the hosts to a modest total of 180 runs.

With three wickets in his kitty, Cummins went past Mumbai Indians and former Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya's tally of 40 wickets to become the second-highest wicket-taker of all-time as captain in the Indian Premier League.

The SRH skipper is now just 16 short of Australian legend Shane Warne, who holds the record of picking 57 wickets as RR captain.

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Most wickets as captain in IPL history​

Player	Country	Wickets
Shane Warne	Australia	57
Pat Cummins	Australia	41
Hardik Pandya	India	40
Anil Kumble	India	30
R Ashwin	India	25
Zaheer Khan	India	20

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Most wickets in IPL history​

Yuzvendra Chahal continues to lead the charts with 231 wickets under his belt and is IPL's all-time highest wicket-taker. The spinner, though, is closely followed by RCB's Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who has displayed sublime form in the IPL 2026 season.

Among active cricketers, KKR's Sunil Narine comes behind Kumar. The West Indian is also only the third bowler in the history of the IPL to scalp more than 200 wickets.

Player	Team(s)	Innings	Wickets
Yuzvendra Chahal	MI/PBKS/RCB/RR	183	231
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	PWI/RCB/SRH	203	222
Sunil Narine	KKR	198	205
Piyush Chawla	CSK/KKR/KXIP/MI	191	192
R Ashwin	CSK/DC/KXIP/RPS/RR	217	187

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