The Indian Premier League 2024 is well underway in its final stages and fans can check out the list of the players bowled the most dot balls and which batsmen faced the most dot balls below
While the T20 is a format where batters dominate, bowlers often get to stand out when delivering dot balls in pressure situations.
IPL 2024 top list of bowlers to have bowled and batsman to have faced most dot balls
Players with most dot balls in IPL 2024!👀 pic.twitter.com/ByornkZegj
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Most Dot Balls in IPL 2024
139: Jasprit Bumrah
114: Khaleel Ahmed*
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Interestingly, the IPL has seen no shortage of bowlers producing dot balls, which have resulted in defending totals.
Dot ball meaning explained
A dot ball is simply a delivery bowl with no runs scored. It is called a ‘dot ball’ because a scorer marks a single dot in the scorebook when a batter does not score any runs. Find out which players bowled the most dot balls and which batters faced the most dot balls in this year’s ongoing competition.
IPL 2024 most dot balls by bowlers
Notably, MI’s Bumrah and Delhi Capitals’ Khaleel Ahmed currently lead the list for bowlers with most dot balls bowled. interestingly, quick bowlers dominate the list alongside a few spinners, including Sunil Narine. Given below is the top 10 list of player with the most dot balls in the IPL 2024:
| Player (Team) | Innings | Overs | Dot Balls Bowled | Wickets |
| Jasprit Bumrah (MI) | 12 | 47.5 | 139 | 18 |
| Khaleel Ahmed (DC) | 12 | 44 | 114 | 14 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH) | 12 | 45 | 107 | 11 |
| Trent Boult (RR) | 11 | 40 | 103 | 11 |
| Kagiso Rabada (PBKS) | 11 | 42 | 101 | 11 |
| Sunil Narine (KKR) | 11 | 44 | 101 | 14 |
| Varun Chakravarthy (KKR) | 11 | 40 | 97 | 16 |
| Pat Cummins (SRH) | 12 | 48 | 95 | 14 |
| Mohammed Siraj (RCB) | 10 | 38 | 93 | 8 |
| Tushar Deshpande (CSK) | 10 | 36 | 92 | 12 |
IPL 2024 most dot balls faced by batter
RCB opener and former India captain Virat Kohli currently leads the list of batters who have faced most dot balls in IPL 2024. Besides Kohli, most of the other batters are the top run scorers of the season, and this makes sense because players need to spend more time in the middle to get big runs. Given below is the top 10 list of batters who have faced the most number of dot balls in IPL 2024:
| Player (Team) | Innings | Dot Balls Faced | Total Balls Faced |
| Virat Kohli (RCB) | 11 | 114 | 366 |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK) | 11 | 110 | 368 |
| KL Rahul (LSG) | 12 | 109 | 338 |
| Sunil Narine (KKR) | 11 | 99 | 251 |
| B Sai Sudharsan (GT) | 11 | 96 | 322 |
| Rohit Sharma (MI) | 12 | 91 | 216 |
| Riyan Parag (RR) | 10 | 91 | 279 |
| Rishabh Pant (DC) | 12 | 84 | 264 |
| Phil Salt (KKR) | 11 | 83 | 234 |
| Sanju Samson (RR) | 11 | 80 | 288 |