- Lasith Malinga – 143 wickets:
Ruling the roost and the wickets charts in IPL is Lasith Malinga by an absolute mile. The veteran Sri Lankan has 143 wickets to his name in just 98 games, making it 1.46 wickets per match.
A big reason behind the success of Mumbai Indians, Malinga is the greatest death overs bowler of his generation and his accuracy while bowling the yorker or the disguised slower one is top notch.
His absence was dearly felt in 2016 as the Mumbai Indians failed to make it to the playoffs and missed his skills at the death terribly. Now that he is back, and having Mitchell Johnson for a company with the new ball, expect Malinga to be lethal like before once again.