Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has created a new history by bowling brilliantly against the Lucknow Super Giants led by Pant. In the match against Lucknow, he took five wickets along with Pant. With this achievement, he has set a new record in IPL. He has become the first captain in the history of IPL to take five wickets. No other captain in the history of IPL has been able to do such a feat.
Hardik Pandya had taken the wickets of Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant, and Aiden Markham in the first three overs. When he came to bowl the last over for Mumbai Indians, he had also reached the hat-trick. In his personal fourth and the last over of Lucknow's innings, Pandya completed his five-wicket haul by taking the wickets of David Miller and Akash Deep.
Hardik Pandya also recorded his best performance in T20 career. Earlier, he had taken 4 wickets for 16 runs against New Zealand in Ahmedabad. Improving this figure, he took 5 wickets for 35 runs in IPL.Second captain to take the most wickets in IPLThe record for taking the most wickets while captaining in IPL is in the name of Shane Warne. He has taken 57 wickets while captaining in IPL. Hardik Pandya is second in the list with 30 wickets. Pandya has equalled Anil Kumble's record of 30 wickets.