11 Bowlers who took the 1st Wicket in 11 IPL Seasons

#4 IPL 2011- Iqbal Abdulla(Kolkata Knight Riders)

Iqbal Abdulla playing for KKR

The Kolkata Knight Riders took on the Chennai Super Kings in a thrilling opening match of IPL 2011. CSK won the toss and chose to bat first and Iqbal Abdulla, the young left arm spinner bowled the first over. He dismissed opener Murali Vijay for 4 in the 1st over. But fellow opener Anirudha Srikanth played a good innings of 64 to guide CSK to a score of 153/4 in 20 overs.

KKR, in reply had a great start but after Dhoni's brilliant stumping, got back into the game and ended up winning the match by 2 runs. CSK won IPL 2011 and after finishing 2nd, they comprehensively beat the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the finals. KKR meanwhile finished 4th and qualified for the playoffs but lost to Mumbai Indians in the Eliminator. Iqbal Abdulla won the "Rising Star" award.

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#5 DLF IPL 2012- Ambati Rayudu (Run out)- Bowler Malinga (Mumbai Indians)

Lasith Malinga

The opener of DLF IPL 2012 was played between the Mumbai Indians and defending champions Chennai Super Kings. CSK went into bat first but Ambati Rayudu's run out dismissed Faf Du Plessis in the 1st over which Malinga bowled. It wasn't CSK's day as they were bundled out cheaply for 112 in 19.5 overs.

Mumbai finished the match in 16.5 overs and lost just 2 wickets as Richard Levi's half century got them a well deserved victory. Chennai Super Kings weren't at their best but qualified with some help from the Deccan Chargers and made it to the final but lost to KKR in a thrilling final. Mumbai lost to Chennai in the Eliminator and finished 3rd in the points table.