IPL 2020: 5 best bowling figures in the tournament

The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) ended in slightly anticlimactic fashion as the Mumbai Indians (MI) cruised to a 5-wicket win over the Delhi Capitals (DC) in the final.

The tournament saw a number of brilliant individual performances with the ball in hand, but surprisingly, only one 5-wicket haul was taken over the course of the two months.

Here are the 5 best bowling figures from IPL 2020.

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#5 Kagiso Rabada - 4/24 vs RCB - Match 19 of IPL 2020

Rabada was excellent at the death for DC in IPL 2020 [PC: iplt20.com]

In Match 19 of IPL 2020, DC pacer Kagiso Rabada scalped 4 wickets against RCB while conceding just 24 runs. The South African sent Virat Kohli, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube and Isuru Udana back to the hut as DC registered a comprehensive 59-run win.

Despite Rabada's brilliant performance, left-arm spinner Axar Patel was adjudged the Man of the Match for his spell of 2/18. Rabada went on to win the IPL 2020 Purple Cap, as he picked up 30 wickets in 17 games.

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#4 Jasprit Bumrah - 4/20 vs RR - Match 20 of IPL 2020

Bumrah picked up 4 wickets against MI's bogey team RR [PC: iplt20.com]

In the very next game, eventual IPL 2020 Purple Cap runner-up Jasprit Bumrah bowled a dream spell of 4 wickets for just 30 runs against RR in Abu Dhabi. The MI spearhead scalped the wickets of Steve Smith, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer and Shreyas Gopal as his team thrashed the 2008 champions by 57 runs.

The Man of the Match was once again not the bowler, as Suryakumar Yadav took home the accolade for an unbeaten 79. Bumrah was ably supported by the man who is next on this list - Trent Boult.

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#3 Trent Boult - 4/18 vs CSK - Match 41 of IPL 2020

Boult ran through the CSK batting lineup [PC: iplt20.com]

MS Dhoni's struggling CSK faced off against MI in a must-win game, but they collapsed spectacularly to lose by 10 wickets. The architect of CSK's downfall was Trent Boult, who picked up 4/18 to restrict the Men in Yellow to just 114/9.

The Kiwi started off by picking up the wickets of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis before returning to prise out Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran. For his performance, Boult was rightfully adjudged the Man of the Match.

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#2 Jasprit Bumrah - 4/14 vs DC - Qualifier 1 of IPL 2020

Bumrah wrested the Purple Cap away from Rabada with a 4-for [PC: iplt20.com]

MI and DC finished in the top two positions of the IPL 2020 points table and faced off in Qualifier 1 in Dubai. Unfortunately for the eventual runners-up, they were outclassed by a thoroughly dominant MI side which ended up victorious by 57 runs.

The Man of the Match was Jasprit Bumrah, who wrested the IPL 2020 Purple Cap away from Kagiso Rabada with a 4-wicket haul. The 26-year-old dismissed Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Marcus Stoinis and Daniel Sams to take his team into the final, which they eventually won.

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#1 Varun Chakravarthy - 5/20 vs DC - Match 42 of IPL 2020

Chakravarthy registered the only 5-for in IPL 2020 [PC: iplt20.com]

Perhaps the find of IPL 2020, mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy was the only man to take a 5-wicket haul in the tournament. The Tamil Nadu man picked up the wickets of Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis and Axar Patel to end up with figures of 5/20 in his 4 overs.

Chakravarthy even earned a call-up to the Indian T20I squad after finishing IPL 2020 with 17 wickets, but he was ruled out due to a shoulder injury.