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

#6 Pepsi IPL 2013- Brett Lee (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Brett Lee(L) celebrating with teammates after picking up a wicket.

Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders faced Delhi Daredevils(now Delhi Capitals) in the season opener of Pepsi IPL 2013. KKR put DD into bat and Indian U-19 skipper Unmukt Chand and David Warner opened the batting. Brett Lee gave a fiery start to the match as he blew away Unmukt's off stump with a fast outswinger.

After losing a wicket off their first ball, DD couldn't score much and were bundled out for 128. KKR strolled to victory on the backs of contributions from Manvinder Bisla, Gambhir and Kallis. Both the teams failed to make the playoffs as Delhi grabbed the last spot while KKR finished 7th.

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#7 Pepsi IPL 2014- Lasith Malinga (Mumbai Indians)

Lasith Malinga

The Kolkata Knight Riders took on the defending champions Mumbai Indians in Pepsi IPL 2014's first match. Part of the tournament was held in the UAE. KKR won the toss and batted first but faced an early setback as skipper Gautam Gambhir got out for a duck after facing 8 balls and was bowled by Lasith Malinga with a vicious yorker.

KKR remained calm and confident as Jacques Kallis and Manish Pandey played great knocks as they posted a respectable total of 163/5 in 20 overs. Mumbai, in reply were restricted to 122/7 handing KKR an easy victory. KKR went on to win the tournament after topping the points table while Mumbai qualified for the playoffs but were defeated by CSK in the Eliminator.