IPL 2017: Top 5 performances from English players in IPL history

#4 Chris Jordan: 4-11 for Royal Challengers Bangalore v Gujarat Lions in 2016

Jordan dismantled Gujarat’s batting line-up

In reality, Chris Jordan’s devastating bowling against Gujarat Lions was a nicety rather than a necessity – phenomenal centuries from AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli allowed the Royal Challengers to pile on a mammoth 248. But for Jordan, it was a chance to show off his crafty short-format bowling skills. A chance he took.

The first dismissal was assisted by de Villiers, who back-pedalled effortlessly to snaffle Dinesh Karthik’s mistimed loft, but the rest was all Jordan. The very next ball his quick reactions accounted for Ravindra Jadeja caught and bowled, as Gujarat’s hopes of making the scorecard respectable diminished.

Aaron Finch thwarted Jordan’s hat-trick bid, but the Englishman was back in business a few overs later, seeing off Praveen Kumar and Dhawal Kulkarni within five deliveries to dismantle the lower order. Jordan had 4-11, and could have had more if he bowled all four of his allotted overs.

De Villiers, Kohli and Jordan combined magnificently for a record-breaking 144-run win, narrowly edging out Kolkata’s 140-run win – also at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium – in the very first IPL match back in 2008. But this time, Bangalore were the victors.