Five thousand deliveries bowled by bowlers in the history of T20 games – SL Malinga and SP Narine join the elite list
SL Malinga of Mumbai Indians and SP Narine of Kolkata Knight Riders became the fourth and fifth bowler to bawl 5000 deliveries in the history of T20 games. At the end of the game between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders at Mum-WS on 09.04.17, SL Malinga had bowled 5003 deliveries, while SP Narine had bowled 5000 deliveries in T20 games. The following table lists the five bowlers who have bowled 5000 plus deliveries in the history of Twenty20 games.
| No | Player | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | DJ Bravo | 344 | 6535 | 8783 | 367 | 5/23 | 23.93 | 08 | 1 |
| 2 | Sohail Tanvir | 252 | 5317 | 6439 | 260 | 6/14 | 24.76 | 05 | 1 |
| 3 | Shahid Afridi | 245 | 5250 | 5808 | 259 | 5/07 | 22.42 | 05 | 2 |
| 4 | SL Malinga | 228 | 5003 | 5622 | 313 | 6/07 | 17.96 | 08 | 4 |
| 5 | SP Narine | 218 | 5000 | 4854 | 269 | 5/19 | 18.04 | 10 | 1 |