New DelhiIt is generally seen that when many fast bowlers come to throw the first over of the match, the first ball throws as a worm up after marking the run up, while there are some bowlers who throw the first ball so accurately that increases their chances of taking wickets.

One of these bowlers is of Mohammed Shami who bowls attacking against the batsmen with the first ball and forces the batsman to make a mistake on the first ball. Shami managed to make a unique record in Chennai due to his strength.

Shami's great record

Mohammed Shami has created history in IPL 2025. He took a unique record by dismissing Sheikh Rashid on the first ball of the match against CSK. Mohammed Shami has so far taken wickets on the first ball of an IPL match four times. He has taken wickets on the first ball of the match once in 2014, 2022, 2023 and now 2025. Shami has taken the most wickets on the first ball in IPL. On these four occasions, she has dismissed Sheikh Rashid in Jacques Kallis (2014), KL Rahul (2022), Phil Salat (2023) and now in IPL 2025.

Two more Indian bowlers

Apart from Shami, many other bowlers have taken wickets on the first ball more than once. New Zealand's veteran bowler Trent Bolt has taken a wicket on the first ball of the IPL match 2 times. In 2023, he dismissed Virat Kohli of RCB on the first ball while playing for Rajasthan Royals. In 2020, Marcus Stoinis was dismissed on the first ball in front of him. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar has also done this 2 times. He performed Kusal Perera in 2013 and Prabhasimran Singh in 2023 on the first ball of the match. Umesh Yadav has taken wickets on the first ball of the IPL match 2 times due to his deadly bowling. He dismissed Chris Gayle in 2017 and Suryakumar Yadav in 2018 on the first ball of the IPL match. It is not easy to take a wicket on the first ball because for this the bowler needs to throw 10-12 balls on the side wicket before putting the ball in the match.