Piyush Chawla, a former cricket player for India, provided insight into the function of spinners in the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025). He examined why spin bowlers are outperforming pacers this season. He holds the third-highest wicket-taking record in IPL history.
Piyush Chawla emphasised the importance of spin and gave thanks to India’s weather, describing how it would have helped bowlers in night games.
According to the statistics, in 50 games, spinners have claimed 220 wickets at an average of 30.02.
On the other hand, spin bowlers had claimed 154 wickets at a roughly 37 average at this point in the previous season. The former player claims that when there is no dew and the weather is dry, bowlers like to bowl. This enables them to bowl the types of deliveries they plan to and keep up their changes.
Because there hasn’t been much dew in night games this season, spinners may have taken more wickets. The fact that so few hitters play spin with their feet has also worked against them.
Every bowler desires to use the dry ball when bowling. Furthermore, it is impossible to precisely forecast where it will be dewy or not. Although you usually don’t have your fans on in February, if you look at the weather this year as well, you did. I’m travelling from Delhi. According to Piyush Chawla on ESPNcricinfo’s Time Out broadcast, “that means it’s getting hotter and Delhi is already touching almost 45 degrees (Celsius).”
In the middle overs, spinners excel, and teams choose to use additional spin options.
Although pacers lead the list of players who have taken the most wickets, spinners have been crucial in the middle overs because they have prevented batsmen from scoring runs. This is among the primary causes of the majority of clubs’ use of two or three spinners in the starting lineup this season.
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