IPL 2011 · Season leaderboard
Most dot balls bowled
Most dot balls bowled, IPL 2011: SL Malinga — 195 Dot balls.
Most legal deliveries where the batter scored 0 runs across IPL career. Measures consistent pressure bowling.
| # | Player | Dot balls | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SL MalingaMI | 195 | 378 legal deliveries bowled |
| 2 | R AshwinCSK | 164 | 378 legal deliveries bowled |
| 3 | MM PatelMI | 155 | 326 legal deliveries bowled |
| 4 | Z KhanRCB | 151 | 354 legal deliveries bowled |
| 5 | RP SinghKOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA | 146 | 300 legal deliveries bowled |
| 6 | P KumarPBKS | 143 | 276 legal deliveries bowled |
| 7 | DW SteynDECCAN-CHARGERS | 139 | 273 legal deliveries bowled |
| 8 | Iqbal AbdullaKKR | 138 | 300 legal deliveries bowled |
| 9 | A MishraDECCAN-CHARGERS | 136 | 320 legal deliveries bowled |
| 10 | R SharmaPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA | 132 | 300 legal deliveries bowled |
| 11 | I SharmaDECCAN-CHARGERS | 131 | 264 legal deliveries bowled |
| 12 | IK PathanDC | 130 | 275 legal deliveries bowled |
| 13 | Harbhajan SinghMI | 129 | 318 legal deliveries bowled |
| 14 | DE BollingerCSK | 124 | 282 legal deliveries bowled |
| 15 | DL VettoriRCB | 123 | 310 legal deliveries bowled |
| 16 | M MorkelDC | 123 | 258 legal deliveries bowled |
| 17 | RJ HarrisPBKS | 122 | 282 legal deliveries bowled |
| 18 | S AravindRCB | 121 | 276 legal deliveries bowled |
| 19 | B LeeKKR | 118 | 272 legal deliveries bowled |
| 20 | SK WarneRR | 118 | 282 legal deliveries bowled |
| 21 | DT ChristianDECCAN-CHARGERS | 116 | 274 legal deliveries bowled |
| 22 | R Vinay KumarKOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA | 110 | 268 legal deliveries bowled |
| 23 | JA MorkelCSK | 107 | 270 legal deliveries bowled |
| 24 | S SreesanthKOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA | 100 | 191 legal deliveries bowled |
| 25 | AC ThomasPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA | 99 | 231 legal deliveries bowled |
All IPL 2011 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2011 · Across all seasons: all-time most dot balls bowled.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2011), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.