Ben Dwarshuis made his international cricket debut in the year 2022, but he had to wait for four years to enter the IPL. He performed a historic feat when he made his IPL debut in the match against Delhi Capitals. Ben Dwarshuis, who comes from Australia, bowls fast with his left arm and now he has made a place in the list of bowlers who have scored a double century of wickets even before their IPL debut.

Double century of wickets before IPL debut

In fact, Ben Dwarshuis has joined those bowlers who have taken the most wickets at the time of their IPL debut. Before playing his first match for Punjab Kings, Dwarshuis had taken 236 wickets in T20 cricket. In this matter, only David Paine is ahead of him, who had taken 304 wickets in T20 before playing his first match in IPL. This list also includes Adil Rashid and George Linde, who made their IPL debut after scoring double centuries of wickets in T20.

Most T20 wickets at the time of IPL debut

• 304 wickets – David Paine
• 236 wickets – Ben Dwarshuis
• 232 wickets – Adil Rashid
• 218 wickets – George Linde
• 189 wickets – Jacob Duffy

Ben Dwarshuis was bought by Punjab Kings in the mini auction of IPL 2026 with a bid of Rs 4.40 crore. Dwarshuis has previously performed well in the Big Bash League (BBL 2025-26). He took 16 wickets in 11 innings for Sydney Sixers.

Ben Dwarshuis’s career

Ben Dwarshuis comes from Australia and so far has taken a total of 33 wickets in 15 T20 and 6 ODI matches in international cricket. He was last seen playing a T20 International match against Zimbabwe this year. In his total T20 career, Dwarshuis has taken 236 wickets in 188 matches.

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