Top 5 bowling figures in IPL history

#2 Adam Zampa (RPSG) 6/19 vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016

Adam Zampa of RPSG became the second player to take 6 wickets in an innings in IPL in 2016.

Adam Zampa became the second player in the history of the IPL to take 6 wickets in an innings when he took 6/19 (4 Overs, 0 Maidens, Economy 4.75) against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016. His 6 victims were Kane Williamson, Yuvraj Singh, Moises Henriques, Deepak Hooda, Naman Ojha and Bhuvneswar Kumar.

Though Zampa's spell helped in restricting SRH to 137/8, it wasn't enough as SRH won the match by 4 runs.

Zampa was awarded the Player of the Match trophy for his bowling. His performance of 6/19 is the only performance in this list which ended on the losing side.

Zampa played only 5 matches for Pune in 2016 and picked up a total of 12 wickets.

#1 Sohail Tanvir (RR) 6/14 vs Chennai Super Kings in 2008

Sohail Tanvir of RR was the first player in the history of IPL to take 6 wickets in an innings.

Sohail Tanvir became the first player in the history of the IPL to take 6 wickets in an innings when he took 6/14 (4 Overs, 0 Maidens, Economy 3.50) against Chennai Super Kings in 2008. He took the wickets of Parthiv Patel, Stephen Fleming, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, Albie Morkel, Muttiah Muralitharan and Makhaya Ntini en route to his 6 wickets.

Tanvir's spell helped RR bundle out CSK for 109. In the end, RR won the match by 8 wickets and Tanvir was named as the Player of the Match.

Tanvir's 6/19 remains the best IPL bowling figures by a player in an innings till date. He ended the 2008 IPL as the leading wicket-taker with 22 wickets.