Imran Tahir

South Africa·Bowler·Age 47

Right-hand bat · Legbreak googly

IPL runs: 33
Average: 8.25
Strike rate: 89.2
Highest: 13

Overview

What the figures show

Imran Tahir is in the IPL books with the ball: 53 wickets from roughly 147 overs, conceded at an economy rate of 7.35.

Club by club, the record reads Delhi Capitals (2014–2016), Rising Pune Supergiant (2017) and Chennai Super Kings (2018–2020). There is no IPL cricket on the record in 2019. That is a wicket every 17 balls. At 7.35 an over that is 0.82 less than the 8.17 median among the 102 bowlers who have sent down 300 or more IPL balls.

Indian Premier League

Season by season

Season	Team	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s
2014	DC	2	0	8	4	4.00	80.0	2
2015	DC	2	1	5	3	5.00	83.3	0
2016	DC	1	0	5	5	5.00	71.4	1
2017	RPS	1	1	0	0	—	0.0	0
2018	CSK	1	1	2	2	—	100.0	0
2020	CSK	1	1	13	13	—	130.0	2
Total	6 seasons	8	4	33	13	8.25	89.2	5

IPL bowling

Wickets: 53
Economy: 7.35
Average: 20.38
Balls bowled: 882

Articles

Articles about Imran Tahir

Imran Tahir Started at 32 and Peaked at 40

The Lahore-born leg-spinner who waited a decade for a country, then produced his best cricket in his forties.

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Questions

About Imran Tahir

How many IPL runs has Imran Tahir scored?

Imran Tahir has scored 33 runs in the IPL across 6 seasons, averaging 8.25 at a strike rate of 89.19. The highest score is 13.

How many IPL wickets has Imran Tahir taken?

Imran Tahir has taken 53 IPL wickets at an economy rate of 7.35 and an average of 20.38.

Which IPL teams has Imran Tahir played for?

Imran Tahir has appeared for Delhi Capitals, Rising Pune Supergiant and Chennai Super Kings in the IPL.

What is Imran Tahir's playing style?

Imran Tahir is a right-hand bat who bowls legbreak googly, listed as a bowler.

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How this page was worked out

Where these figures come from

Sources for this profile

IPL figures computed from ball-by-ball records of 1,243 IPL matches.
Date of birth, playing style and photograph come from a third-party player feed, matched by name.

How the numbers are derived

A wide is not a ball faced; a no ball is.
Byes and leg byes are not charged to the bowler; wides and no balls are.
Six kinds of dismissal are credited to a bowler. A run out is not one of them.
An average is runs over dismissals, and is left blank rather than shown as infinite.
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