bhuvneshwar kumar held the record for most number of dot balls in ipl in 2015.
who holds the record for most number of dot balls in ipl in 2015?
bhuvneshwar kumar
after recovering from the ankle injury that prevented him from playing for the delhi ranji team in the 2007–08 season, nehra joined the indian premier league and signed up for the mumbai indians franchise. he won the man of the match for the game versus rajasthan royals taking three wickets on 7 may 2008. he played for the delhi daredevils from 2009. he was picked up by pune warriors india in the 2011 ipl player auction for a sum of rs. 3.91 crores. nehra was ruled out of ipl-4 for first few matches due to a fractured finger on his right hand. he came back again in the ipl-5. he was swapped up with ross taylor to play for delhi daredevils in ipl 6. in the 2014 ipl auction nehra was bought by the chennai super kings for ₹2,00,00,000. for his performances in 2014, he was named in the cricinfo clt20 xi . his bowling skills had been showcased to its full extent in ipl 8. he took 22 wickets in 16 games at an average of 20 with an economy of 7.2, proving his worth once again and was one of the highest wicket takers in competition, only to lose to his teammate who won the purple cap; dwayne bravo. for his performances in 2015, he was named in the cricinfo ipl xi for the season
ashish nehra
they lost their first match of the season as they were bundled out by 172 and lost by 35 runs to sunrisers hyderabad in hyderabad. but they won their second match against delhi daredevils in their home ground. however, they lost the next three matches in a row against kings xi punjab, mumbai indians and rising pune supergiant respectively. through ab de villiers made a quick fire 89 off 46 balls, rcb lost the match against kings xi punjab as the other players made 57 dot balls. the match against mumbai indians saw virat kohli's comeback with a quick 62 off 47 balls and samuel badree becoming the 14th player in the ipl history to claim a hat-trick, but the lost the match as pollard made 70 off 47 balls to win the match for them. they lost the match against rising pune supergiant by a massive 27 runs. but in their next game against gujarat lions, they won by 20 runs and coincidentally chris gayle became the first player to score 10,000 runs in t20s. however, in their next game against kolkata knight riders,on the day when rcb made 263/5 against pune warriors india which was the highest ipl score in 2013, they were bundled out for 49 all out which is the lowest ipl score and also where no batsman could score 10 runs. they kept losing matches consecutively as they could not make high scores and their big guns-chris gayle, virat kohli and ab de villiers failing repeatedly. the pitch in m.chinnaswamy stadium was changed from a usual batting to the bowling pitch which made the batsman struggle for runs. they ended up at the bottom of the table and the changed their squad for each match which was the reason for its downfall. however, they finished their miserable season on a high note after winning against delhi daredevils by 10 runs in delhi. they made low scores like 49 all out against kolkata knight riders, 96/9 against rising pune supergiant and 119 all out against kings xi punjab.
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