Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa, playing for Rising Pune Supergiants in the Indian Premier League (IPL 2016), took 6 wickets for just 19 runs in 4 overs, against SunRisers Hyderabad. Zampa bowled brilliantly throughout his spell and showed lovely variations to trick the SunRisers Hyderabad batsmen. Zampa’s 6 for 19 is now the second figures for a bowler in the Indian Premier League. And not only this, Zampa is the only spinner to take 6 wickets in an innings of IPL.
Here is the list of the best bowling figures in IPL history:
| Player | O | M | R | W | Team | Against | Venue | Year |
| Sohail Tanvir | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | RR | CSK | Jaipur | 2008 |
| Adam Zampa | 4 | 0 | 19 | 6 | RPS | SRH | Visakhapatnam | 2016 |
| Anil Kumble | 3.1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | RCB | RR | Newlands | 2009 |
| Ishant Sharma | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | DC | KTK | Kochi | 2011 |
| Lasith Malinga | 3.4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | MI | DD | Kotla | 2011 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | CSK | DC | Visakhapatnam | 2012 |
| James Faulkner | 4 | 1 | 16 | 5 | RR | SRH | Uppal | 2013 |
| Amit Mishra | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | DD | DC | Kotla | 2008 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 4 | 0 | 18 | 5 | MI | CSK | Wankhede | 2011 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 0 | 19 | 5 | KKR | KXIP | Eden Gardens | 2012 |
| James Faulkner | 4 | 0 | 20 | 5 | RR | SRH | Jaipur | 2013 |
| Munaf Patel | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5 | MI | KXIP | Mohali | 2011 |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | 4 | 0 | 24 | 5 | CSK | KXIP | Chepauk | 2008 |
| Dimitri Mascarenhas | 4 | 0 | 25 | 5 | KXIP | PWI | Mohali | 2012 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | 4 | 0 | 25 | 5 | RCB | DD | Kotla | 2013 |
