New Delhi, May 4 -- Spin bowlers have had a much bigger impact in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 than they did in 2024, as per ESPNcricinfo.

After 50 matches this season, spinners had taken 220 wickets at an average of 30.02. At the same stage last year, they had only picked up 154 wickets, with a much higher average of nearly 37.

Veteran spinner Piyush Chawla, who is still the third-highest wicket-taker in IPL history with 192 wickets (behind Yuzvendra Chahal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar), believes that the hot weather across India has played a major role in this shift.

"Any bowler wants to bowl with the dry ball. And you can't really predict where it's going to be (dewy or otherwise) and where it's not going to be," he said as quoted ...