Bowlers With Most Expensive Over in IPL History

A single over can undo 18 overs of good work in T20 cricket. A yorker that misses by a few inches becomes a slot ball, a slower delivery sits up, a no-ball brings an extra delivery, and suddenly a bowler who had respectable figures is staring at one of the most unwanted records in the IPL.

Prasanth Parameswaran and Harshal Patel jointly hold the record for the most expensive over in IPL history, having conceded 37 runs apiece. Parameswaran was taken apart by Chris Gayle while playing for Kochi Tuskers Kerala against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2011. Ten years later, Ravindra Jadeja matched that assault by taking 37 from Harshal Patel's final over for Chennai Super Kings.

Daniel Sams sits immediately behind them after Pat Cummins plundered 35 runs from one over during Kolkata Knight Riders' chase against Mumbai Indians in 2022.

The 37-run mark was still intact at the end of IPL 2026.

Most Expensive Overs in IPL History

The figures tell only part of the story. Several of these overs arrived at decisive stages of matches: Harshal's came in the 20th over, Daniel Sams' over ended a chase, Awana's came during one of the most brutal powerplays in playoff history, while Khaleel Ahmed's 33-run over transformed RCB's death-overs total in 2025.

1. Prasanth Parameswaran – 37 Runs vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2011

Prasanth Parameswaran became the first bowler to concede 37 runs in an IPL over when Chris Gayle tore into him at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in 2011.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala had made only 125/9, leaving RCB a modest target of 126.

There was little scoreboard pressure on Bengaluru, but Gayle did not approach the chase conservatively.

RCB had already made a rapid start when Parameswaran was introduced. The left-arm seamer found himself bowling to one of the most destructive power-hitters T20 cricket has seen.

Gayle immediately targeted anything in his hitting arc.

The over contained four sixes and three fours, with a no-ball creating an extra delivery. By the time it ended, 37 runs had disappeared from Kochi's total and the contest was effectively over.

Gayle finished with 44 from only 16 balls, while Tillakaratne Dilshan remained unbeaten on 52.

RCB chased 126 for the loss of one wicket with more than six overs unused.

The damage to Parameswaran was severe not simply because of the number 37, but because of how quickly Gayle found a matchup he wanted and refused to let the bowler recover.

There was no quiet delivery to reset the over. Once Parameswaran missed his length, Gayle kept him under pressure.

For almost a decade, no IPL bowler matched that 37-run over.

How Chris Gayle Took 37 From the Over

Gayle's attack was built on power rather than improvisation.

Parameswaran repeatedly missed the safe length against a batter who was comfortable clearing the straight and leg-side boundaries.

The no-ball made the situation worse because it added a run and another delivery.

That extra ball is important when looking at an over costing more than 36.

Six sixes from six legal deliveries would equal 36. Once an illegal delivery is added, the theoretical total can move beyond that figure.

Gayle's assault became the benchmark for the most expensive over in IPL cricket.

2. Harshal Patel – 37 Runs vs Chennai Super Kings, 2021

A decade after Gayle's assault, Ravindra Jadeja took 37 from Harshal Patel in the final over of CSK's innings against RCB at Wankhede Stadium.

The setting made this over even more remarkable.

Harshal was not having a bad day before the 20th over.

Quite the opposite.

He had already dismissed:

• Suresh Raina
• Faf du Plessis
• Ambati Rayudu

After three overs, Harshal had figures of 3/14.

RCB would have been satisfied with how their leading death bowler had handled CSK's middle order.

Then came over number 20.

Jadeja had moved to 26 but had not yet produced the innings-defining acceleration. Harshal attempted to close the innings with his variations, but Jadeja read the lengths early and began clearing the ropes.

Six followed six.

A no-ball extended the over and denied Harshal the chance to escape after six deliveries.

Jadeja eventually took 37 runs from the over, including five sixes and a four.

CSK had been 154/4 after 19 overs.

They finished on:

191/4

One over had added 37 runs and completely changed the complexion of the innings.

Harshal's figures moved from an outstanding 3/14 after three overs to 3/51 from four.

That is how unforgiving death bowling can be in the IPL.

Jadeja's 37-Run Over Was Only Half His Match

Jadeja finished unbeaten on 62 from 28 balls.

Normally, an innings featuring a 37-run final over would be enough to define a player's match.

Jadeja was not finished.

When RCB chased, he took 3/13, removing key batters including Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers, and also produced a direct-hit run-out.

CSK won by 69 runs.

What began as one of the most expensive overs ever bowled became part of one of the league's most dominant all-round performances.

The official IPL report described Jadeja's final-over assault as the phase that changed the course of the match.

Why Harshal's Over Was So Dramatic

The contrast in his spell is striking:

Harshal conceded almost three-quarters of his total runs in one over.

It is one of the clearest examples of how a death bowler's final figures can be transformed by six deliveries.

A bowler can execute plans for 18 balls and still finish with an expensive spell if the last six go wrong.

3. Daniel Sams – 35 Runs vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 2022

Daniel Sams conceded 35 runs from the 16th over of KKR's chase against Mumbai Indians in 2022, with Pat Cummins producing one of the most unexpected counterattacks in IPL history.

Mumbai had made 161/4.

KKR's chase had become awkward.

They had lost five wickets, Andre Russell was already dismissed, and the equation stood at 35 required from the final five overs.

Mumbai were very much in the contest.

Pat Cummins, batting at No. 7, then turned a potentially tight finish into a rout.

Cummins had already announced himself with a six and a four before Sams returned.

The left-arm seamer was then hit for:

• Four sixes
• Two fours
• Additional runs that took the over to 35

The chase was over before the over was complete.

Cummins finished on 56 not out from 15 balls.

His fifty came from only 14 deliveries, equalling the then-fastest IPL half-century.

KKR chased 162 in only 16 overs.

The official IPL match report noted that 35 came from the 16th over and that Cummins' hitting finished the match four overs early.

Why the Sams Over Was Different From the 37-Run Overs

The Parameswaran and Harshal overs came during first innings.

Sams' 35-run over happened in a chase.

That meant every boundary directly reduced the target.

At the start of the over, KKR still required 35.

By the end, they had won.

There was no time for Mumbai to recover tactically, change fields or turn to another bowler.

Cummins effectively ended the contest inside one over.

4. Ravi Bopara – 33 Runs vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 2010

One of the earliest entries on this list belongs to Ravi Bopara, whose over cost 33 runs against KKR at Eden Gardens in IPL 2010.

Bopara was playing for Kings XI Punjab.

For two overs, his figures were a perfectly respectable 1/10.

Then Chris Gayle changed the spell.

The first ball brought a single to Manoj Tiwary.

Gayle then launched four consecutive sixes.

Pressure caused Bopara to lose his radar, and the over also included five wides, another extra, and a further single.

Total: 33 runs.

Bopara went from 1/10 after two overs to 1/43 after three and was not brought back.

Gayle eventually made 88 from 42 balls as Kolkata reached 200/3.

There was a twist, though.

Mahela Jayawardene responded with 110 from 59 balls as Punjab chased the total and won by eight wickets.

So despite Bopara's record-breaking over, Punjab still escaped with the match.

That is one of the more unusual stories on the list: an over that looked capable of deciding the game ultimately ended up in a winning cause.

5. Parvinder Awana – 33 Runs vs Chennai Super Kings, 2014

Parvinder Awana's 33-run over came in one of the wildest playoff powerplays the IPL has seen.

Kings XI Punjab had posted 226/6 in Qualifier 2 at Wankhede Stadium, powered by Virender Sehwag's brilliant 122 from 58 balls.

Against most teams, that would have looked like a near-match-winning total.

Suresh Raina made it look vulnerable.

Chasing 227, Raina attacked almost every bowler from the moment he arrived.

Awana's sixth over became the peak of that assault.

Raina took 33 runs from the over, striking two sixes and five fours, one boundary coming from a no-ball.

At the end of the powerplay, CSK had raced to 100/2.

One hundred runs in six overs.

Raina himself had 87 from just 25 balls.

Punjab's total of 226, which had looked enormous less than an hour earlier, suddenly appeared under threat.

Then came the moment that turned the match.

Raina was run out for 87.

CSK's momentum disappeared almost immediately, and Punjab recovered to win by 24 runs.

Awana eventually finished with two wickets, but his 33-run over remains one of the most expensive ever bowled in an IPL playoff.

Suresh Raina's 87 off 25 Was Bigger Than the Over

Raina's innings included:

• 12 fours
• 6 sixes
• 87 runs
• 25 balls

It was not wild slogging.

He repeatedly picked gaps, used the pace on offer and punished anything overpitched or short.

The Awana over came when Raina was fully in control of length and field placement.

Had his innings continued beyond the powerplay, Punjab's 226 could have come under serious threat.

6. Khaleel Ahmed – 33 Runs vs RCB, 2025

Khaleel Ahmed joined the 33-run list after Romario Shepherd dismantled his 19th over at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in IPL 2025.

This was classic death-over pressure.

RCB were 157/5 with only 14 balls remaining.

They had a platform, but their total was not yet out of reach for Chennai Super Kings.

Shepherd changed that.

Khaleel began the 19th over with three consecutive boundary balls: two sixes and a four.

The pressure on his length became obvious.

Another six followed.

Then came the most damaging delivery of the over — a no-ball that Shepherd also hit for six, making it seven runs from one delivery and producing a free hit.

Khaleel finally found his yorker for a dot ball on the free hit.

But Shepherd finished the over with another boundary.

Thirty-three runs had come from the over.

Khaleel's figures deteriorated to 3-0-65-0.

RCB eventually reached 213.

Shepherd finished unbeaten on 53 from 14 balls, joining the group of players to make a 14-ball IPL fifty.

The official IPL platform also published the complete 33-run over as one of the match's major highlights.

Romario Shepherd's Death-Overs Hitting

Shepherd's innings was built for the phase.

He entered late and did not need to preserve his wicket.

Khaleel attempted slower balls, short deliveries and yorkers, but once the execution slipped, Shepherd was able to swing through the line.

The most costly moment was the no-ball six.

A death bowler not only conceded the boundary but had to bowl an additional delivery while the batter retained the initiative.

That is the kind of error that makes an expensive over snowball.

7. Anrich Nortje – 32 Runs vs Mumbai Indians, 2024

Romario Shepherd had already produced another remarkable over a year earlier.

Playing for Mumbai Indians against Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024, Shepherd faced Anrich Nortje in the final over.

The sequence was brutal:

4, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6

No wide.

No no-ball.

No extra delivery.

Just 32 runs from six legal balls.

Mumbai went from 202/5 after 19 overs to 234/5.

That final-over burst gave them the separation they needed.

Shepherd's six-ball assault remains one of the cleanest examples of pure boundary hitting in the record book because every run came without the help of an illegal delivery.

8. Moeen Ali – 32 Runs vs Rajasthan Royals, 2025

Riyan Parag took apart Moeen Ali for 32 runs during Rajasthan Royals' chase against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2025.

Parag was already accelerating when Moeen was asked to bowl.

The RR captain then struck five consecutive sixes during the over.

A wide pushed the total to 32.

Parag reached his fifty during the assault and dragged Rajasthan back into a chase that had threatened to drift away from them.

The striking was particularly impressive because the five sixes were not all in one zone. Parag used his reach against spin and repeatedly cleared the straight and leg-side boundary.

The over entered the same 32-run bracket as Shepherd's attack on Nortje.

9. Aiden Markram – 32 Runs vs Punjab Kings, 2026

The latest entry among the biggest IPL overs came in 2026.

Aiden Markram conceded 32 runs in a single over as Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly powered Punjab Kings against Lucknow Super Giants.

Punjab were already scoring at a demanding rate when Markram came on for the 13th over.

Instead of checking the run rate, the part-time off-spin provided the batters with another launch point.

Connolly and Arya repeatedly cleared the ropes.

The over featured five sixes, a single and a wide, producing 32 runs.

Punjab moved from 147/1 to 179/1 in the space of the over.

Punjab eventually made 254/7 and won by 54 runs.

Markram's over became the most expensive by an LSG bowler and the most expensive over of IPL 2026.

It did not, however, threaten the 37-run all-time record closely enough.

Most Expensive Over in IPL 2026

Aiden Markram's 32-run over against Punjab Kings was the most expensive over of IPL 2026.

Jamie Overton had earlier conceded 30 to Tim David during RCB's match against Chennai Super Kings.

Markram moved beyond that mark when Punjab attacked his off-spin for 32.

The season therefore ended without a new all-time record.

Parameswaran and Harshal remained safely at 37.

Most Expensive Final Over in IPL History

Harshal Patel's 37-run over to Ravindra Jadeja in 2021 remains the most expensive 20th over in IPL history.

The context is what makes the record stand out.

CSK were 154/4 before the last over.

After it:

191/4

That is a difference of 37 runs in six-plus deliveries.

A projected total in the mid-150s suddenly became a total close to 200.

In T20 cricket, the final over is often the hardest phase to bowl because the batter has no reason to preserve his wicket.

Harshal's over remains the most extreme example.

Most Expensive Over From Six Legal Balls

Anrich Nortje's 32-run over to Romario Shepherd in 2024 deserves its own category because the bowler did not deliver a wide or a no-ball.

The sequence was:

4, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6

That is 32 from exactly six legal balls.

Many of the overs above 32 benefited from an extra delivery created by a no-ball or from wides.

Nortje's over did not.

Shepherd simply struck boundaries from start to finish.

Most Runs Scored by a Batter in One IPL Over

The bowler's unwanted record is also the batter's power-hitting record.

The total for an over and the batter's personal runs are not always identical because wides and no-balls can add extras.

That distinction is important when comparing the batting and bowling records.

Why Do Expensive IPL Overs Happen?

Most record-breaking overs share several patterns.

1. Missed Yorker Length

A yorker is effective only when the execution is precise.

Miss by a few inches and it becomes a low full toss or half-volley — exactly the length power-hitters want at the death.

2. Predictable Pace-Off Bowling

Slower balls are useful when the batter cannot pick them.

Once the batter reads the variation early, a slower delivery can sit up and become easier to hit than full pace.

3. No-Balls Create Extra Damage

Several of the IPL's biggest overs include no-balls.

The bowler concedes an extra run, must deliver another ball, and often has to bowl that delivery under free-hit pressure.

4. Short Boundaries

Ground dimensions matter.

At venues such as the Chinnaswamy Stadium, a slight error can carry beyond the rope even when the batter does not strike the ball perfectly.

5. Match Situation

Many of these overs came when batters had nothing to lose.

Jadeja was batting in the 20th over.

Shepherd attacked in the 19th and 20th overs.

Cummins knew KKR needed only 35 from five overs.

The tactical situation encourages maximum risk.

30 or More Runs Conceded in an IPL Over

Crossing 30 runs in an over remains rare despite the IPL becoming more aggressive.

Notable examples include:

One feature stands out: the list includes fast bowlers, spinners, specialist death bowlers and part-time options.

No bowling style is completely protected from a batter who gets on top of an over.

Yash Dayal's 31-Run Over and Rinku Singh's Five Sixes

One of the most famous overs below the top group came in IPL 2023.

Kolkata Knight Riders needed 29 runs from the final over against Gujarat Titans.

Yash Dayal had the ball.

Rinku Singh was on strike for the final five deliveries and hit:

6, 6, 6, 6, 6

KKR completed an extraordinary chase.

Dayal conceded 31 from the over.

The episode is remembered differently from the 37-run records because the match situation added extraordinary pressure: every six moved KKR closer to a target that had looked almost impossible.

It remains one of the IPL's defining last-over finishes.

Chris Gayle Features More Than Once

Gayle's name appears repeatedly when looking through the league's most expensive overs.

He was responsible for the 37-run Parameswaran over in 2011.

A year earlier, he had taken Ravi Bopara's over apart.

In 2012, he also hit Rahul Sharma for five sixes during another 30-plus over.

Gayle's combination of reach, bat speed and power down the ground made him uniquely dangerous once a bowler lost his length.

He did not need to manufacture complicated strokes.

Anything in his arc could disappear over long-on, long-off or midwicket.

Romario Shepherd's Place in the Record

Shepherd has also appeared more than once.

In 2024, he took 32 from Nortje in six legal deliveries.

In 2025, he took 33 from Khaleel Ahmed.

That is particularly notable because both attacks came in the death overs, the phase where Shepherd has often been used specifically as a finisher.

His job was not to build a long innings.

It was to turn 180 into 210 or 200 into 230.

Those two overs are strong examples of that role.

How IPL 2026 Changed the List

IPL 2026 did not produce a new record, but it added another name to the 32-run club.

Aiden Markram's over against Punjab Kings became:

• The most expensive over of IPL 2026
• LSG's most expensive over in IPL history
• One of the joint-most expensive 32-run overs in the tournament

Jamie Overton also conceded 30 to Tim David earlier in the season.

The top three positions, however, remained unchanged:

1. Prasanth Parameswaran – 37
2. Harshal Patel – 37
3. Daniel Sams – 35

The 37-run record has now survived since Harshal matched it in 2021.

FAQs

Who bowled the most expensive over in IPL history?

Prasanth Parameswaran and Harshal Patel jointly hold the record with 37 runs conceded in one over. Parameswaran conceded 37 against RCB in 2011, while Harshal conceded 37 against CSK in 2021.

Who scored 37 runs in an IPL over?

Chris Gayle's assault on Prasanth Parameswaran produced a 37-run over in 2011. Ravindra Jadeja matched the over total against Harshal Patel in 2021.

Who conceded 35 runs in one IPL over?

Daniel Sams conceded 35 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2022. Pat Cummins attacked him during the 16th over and finished unbeaten on 56 from 15 balls.

How many runs did Harshal Patel concede in Jadeja's over?

Harshal Patel conceded 37 runs in the 20th over against Chennai Super Kings in 2021.

Who conceded 33 runs to Suresh Raina?

Parvinder Awana conceded 33 runs in the sixth over of CSK's chase against Kings XI Punjab during Qualifier 2 in IPL 2014.

How many runs did Khaleel Ahmed concede to Romario Shepherd?

Khaleel conceded 33 runs in the 19th over against RCB in IPL 2025.

Who bowled the most expensive over in IPL 2026?

Aiden Markram conceded 32 runs against Punjab Kings, the most expensive over of IPL 2026.

Can an IPL over cost more than 36 runs?

Yes. Wides and no-balls add extra runs, and illegal deliveries must be bowled again. That allows an over to exceed the 36 runs possible from six legal sixes.

Which batter has hit five sixes in an IPL over?

Several IPL batters have achieved it, including Chris Gayle, Rahul Tewatia, Ravindra Jadeja, Rinku Singh and Riyan Parag in different matches.

Sources

• IPLT20 – CSK vs RCB 2021 Match Report: Ravindra Jadeja Takes 37 From Harshal Patel's Final Over
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• ESPN – RCB vs CSK 2025 Ball-by-Ball Commentary: Khaleel Ahmed's 33-Run Over
  View ball-by-ball commentary
• ABC News – Chris Gayle Smashes 37 Runs in an Over Against Kochi Tuskers Kerala
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