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5 most expensive spells in IPL history: The excitement of the Indian Premier League 2026 is going over the heads of the fans. Records are being made and broken in every match of the tournament. In such a situation, let us know about those five spells in IPL history when the bowlers were badly beaten and proved to be the most expensive.
One-sided batsmen are now ruling the Indian Premier League. Even if a team scores 200 runs, it is no longer considered safe. It is not that there is no good bowling in this tournament or there are no quality bowlers. A big reason behind this is that most of the pitches in IPL are made helpful for the batsmen. This is the reason why bowlers score a lot of runs in the match. In such a situation, let us know about the 5 most expensive spells in IPL history.
The first name in this list is that of England’s Joffra Archer. Archer is the bowler who bowled the most expensive spell in IPL history. In IPL 2025, Archer conceded 76 runs in 4 overs against Sunrisers Hyderabad and did not get a single wicket. In this match, Sunrisers had scored a record score of 286 runs in 20 overs.
Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami is at second place in terms of casting the most expensive spell in IPL. Shami had given away 75 runs in 4 overs for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Punjab Kings in IPL 2026. The surprising thing is that despite giving away so many runs, he could not get a wicket.
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The third name in the list is that of William O’Rookie of New Zealand. William was also badly beaten in IPL 2025 itself. William O’Rookie, playing for Lucknow Supergiants, gave away 74 runs in his 4 overs in the match against RCB. However, the good thing was that along with giving away runs, he also took 2 wickets in his name.
Mohit Sharma, who played for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2024, also scored more than 70 runs in a match. In the match against Delhi Capitals, Mohit Sharma had given away 73 runs in his four over spell and he could not take a single wicket for Gujarat.
Basil Thampi is at third place in terms of bowling the most expensive spell of IPL. Basil Thampi, while playing for Sunrisers in IPL 2018, gave away 70 runs in the match against RCB. Despite spending so much in his four over spell, Thampi could not take a single wicket. This record of Thampi remained intact for a long time.
