A wicket off the first ball of the match is the best possible start for a fielding side which pumps them up to go on and do greater things in the match giving them great momentum and boost. That is exactly what the SRH skipper managed to do against Delhi Capitals in Match 55 of IPL 2025 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad as he nicked off Karun Nair with an absolute peach. It was a hard length delivery in the corridor of uncertainty with a hint of movement away and that is an absolute nightmare of a delivery to face first up; Karun Nair was not lucky enough to miss it as he tentatively poked at it and nicked it through to Ishan Kishan behind the wickets. Also Read | Ishan Kishan And Model Aditi Hundia Break Up? Here's What We Know The bowling with the new ball has been one of the many concerns for SRH this season with ace pacer Mohammad Shami not being his best. Tonight, Shami has been benched and the SRH skipper decided to take the responsibility himself as he took the new ball for just the second time in the season and it paid off immediately for him. Started the proceedings in πππππ style π€©Pat Cummins | #PlayWithFire | #SRHvDC | #TATAIPL2025 pic.twitter.com/Mgk0WiaKs7 — SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) May 5, 2025 How many times has a wicket fallen off the first ball of the match in IPL? Over the years, there have been 32 instances of the first ball of a match producing a wicket. This being the 33rd one was the second time in the 2025 season with Mohammad Shami having did the same to CSK's Shaik Rasheed earlier in the season. Here is the full list over the years - Also Read | Who is Harsh Dubey? SRH’s New All-Rounder Sensation from Vidarbha Bowler Team Versus Batter Dismissed Season Sohail Tanvir Rajasthan Royals Chennai Super Kings Parthiv Patel 2008 Lakshmipathy Balaji Chennai Super Kings Delhi Capitals Gautam Gambhir 2009 Dirk Nannes Delhi Capitals Royal Challengers Bengaluru Jacques Kallis 2009 Kevin Pietersen Royal Challengers Bengaluru Kolkata Knight Riders Brendon McCullum 2009 Irfan Pathan Punjab Kings Chennai Super Kings S Badrinath 2009 Dirk Nannes Delhi Capitals Mumbai Indians Sanath Jayasuriya 2009 Chaminda Vaas Deccan Chargers Kolkata Knight Riders Manoj Tiwary 2010 Ashok Dinda Kolkata Knight Riders Rajasthan Royals Michael Lumb 2010 Lasith Malinga Mumbai Indians Royal Challengers Bengaluru Mayank Agarwal 2011 Praveen Kumar Punjab Kings Chennai Super Kings Srikkanth Anirudha 2011 Alfonso Thomas Pune Warriors Kochi Tuskers Kerala Brendon McCullum 2011 Marlon Samuels Pune Warriors Deccan Chargers Parthiv Patel 2012 Brett Lee Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi Capitals Unmukt Chand 2013 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Pune Warriors Rajasthan Royals Kusal Perera 2013 Mohammed Shami Delhi Capitals Kolkata Knight Riders Jacques Kallis 2014 Pat Cummins Kolkata Knight Riders Chennai Super Kings Dwayne Smith 2015 Lasith Malinga Mumbai Indians Delhi Capitals Mayank Agarwal 2015 Umesh Yadav Kolkata Knight Riders Royal Challengers Bengaluru Chris Gayle 2017 Jaydev Unadkat Rising Pune Supergiant Punjab Kings Martin Guptill 2017 Umesh Yadav Royal Challengers Bengaluru Mumbai Indians Suryakumar Yadav 2018 Deepak Chahar Chennai Super Kings Sunrisers Hyderabad Shikhar Dhawan 2018 Ishant Sharma Delhi Capitals Kolkata Knight Riders Joe Denly 2019 Jofra Archer Rajasthan Royals Delhi Capitals Prithvi Shaw 2020 Trent Boult Mumbai Indians Delhi Capitals Marcus Stoinis 2020 Mohammed Shami Gujarat Titans Lucknow Super Giants KL Rahul 2022 Jagadeesha Suchith Sunrisers Hyderabad Royal Challengers Bengaluru Virat Kohli 2022 Liam Livingstone Punjab Kings Delhi Capitals David Warner 2022 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Sunrisers Hyderabad Punjab Kings Prabhsimran Singh 2023 Trent Boult Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bengaluru Virat Kohli 2023 Mohammed Shami Gujarat Titans Delhi Capitals Phil Salt 2023 Tushar Deshpande Chennai Super Kings Kolkata Knight Riders Phil Salt 2024 Mohammed Shami Sunrisers Hyderabad Chennai Super Kings Shaik Rasheed 2025 Pat Cummins Sunrisers Hyderabad Delhi Capitals Karun Nair 2025 Which bowler has taken the most first ball wickets in an IPL match? Cummins' SRH teammate Mohammad Shami leads the list with the pacer having got a wicket 4 times on the first ball of the match. Cummins has done it previously as well and he has now doubled his tally joining some of the other fellow pacers. 4 - Mohammed Shami 2*- Pat Cummins 2 - Trent Boult 2 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2 - Lasith Malinga 2 - Dirk Nannes 2 - Umesh Yadav