The former South African pace great Shaun Pollock once famously compared dot balls in T20 cricket to gold dust. According to Pollock, dot balls were such a rarity in this form of the game, that even a single dot ball could have a colossal impact upon the eventual bearing of the contest.
Well, after going through nine seasons of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the globe’s most followed cricketing tournament by a distance, one can safely jump to the conclusion that Pollock was dead right.
In this form of the game, dot balls aren’t just rare, but also allow a bowler to get a slim tactical edge over the batsmen. Over the due course of the game, though, this advantage can be maximised upon if the bowler continues his street smart approach.
With the IPL less barely a day away, we below, have a look at the top 5 bowlers with the most number of dot balls in the tournament’s history till date.