Indian Premier League witnesses the 25th occasion of a bowler’s four wicket haul in a losing cause
S Kaul of Sunrisers captured four for 29 against Ris Pune at Hyd-RGS on 06.05.17. His effort was in vain as Sunrisers lost the game by 12 runs to provide the 25th occasion of a bowlers’ four or more wickets going in vain in the history of Indian Premier League. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | O | M | R | W | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date | Res |
| 1 | JA Morkel | 4.0 | 0 | 32 | 4 | Chennai | Bangalore | Chennai | 21.05.08 | L |
| 2 | YA Abdulla | 4.0 | 1 | 36 | 4 | Punjab | Bangalore | Durban | 01.05.09 | L |
| 3 | Harbhajan Singh | 4.0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | Mumbai | Delhi | Centurion | 21.05.09 | L |
| 4 | A Kumble | 4.0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | Bangalore | Deccan | Johannesburg | 24.05.09 | L |
| 5 | Yuvraj Singh | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | Pune | Delhi | Mumbai | 17.04.11 | L |
| 6 | MM Patel | 4.0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | Mumbai | Punjab | Mohali | 10.05.11 | L |
| 7 | SP Narine | 4.0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | Kolkata | Punjab | Kolkata | 15.04.12 | L |
| 8 | P Awana | 4.0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | Punjab | Bangalore | Mohali | 20.04.12 | L |
| 9 | RJ Harris | 4.0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | Punjab | Rajasthan | Mohali | 05.05.12 | L |
| 10 | UT Yadav | 4.0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | Delhi | Rajasthan | Delhi | 06.04.13 | L |
| 11 | JP Faulkner | 4.0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | Rajasthan | Sunrisers | Hyd-RGS | 17.05.13 | L |
| 12 | DJ Bravo | 4.0 | 0 | 42 | 4 | Chennai | Mumbai | Kolkata | 26.05.13 | L |
| 13 | SL Malinga | 4.0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | Mumbai | Kolkata | Abu Dhabi | 16.04.14 | L |
| 14 | Yuvraj Singh | 4.0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | Bangalore | Rajasthan | Bangalore | 11.05.14 | L |
| 15 | KV Sharma | 4.0 | 0 | 38 | 4 | Sunrisers | Kolkata | Kolkata | 24.05.14 | L |
| 16 | Karanveer Singh | 4.0 | 0 | 54 | 4 | Punjab | Kolkata | Bangalore | 01.06.14 | L |
| 17 | Imran Tahir | 4.0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | Delhi | Rajasthan | Delhi | 12.04.15 | L |
| 18 | Sandeep Sharma | 4.0 | 1 | 25 | 4 | Punjab | Kolkata | Pune-MCA | 18.04.15 | L |
| 19 | D Wiese | 4.0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | Bangalore | Mumbai | Bangalore | 19.04.15 | L |
| 20 | MJ McClenaghan | 4.0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | Mumbai | Gujarat | Mumbai | 16.04.16 | L |
| 21 | A Zampa | 4.0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | Ris Pune | Sunrisers | Vizag | 10.05.16 | L |
| 22 | DS Kulakarni | 4.0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | Gujarat | Bangalore | Bangalore | 25.05.16 | L |
| 23 | S Badree | 4.0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | Bangalore | Mumbai | Bengaluru | 14.04.17 | L |
| 24 | CH Morris | 4.0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | Delhi | Sunrisers | Hyd-RGS | 19.04.17 | L |
| 25 | S Kaul | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | Sunrisers | Ris Pune | Hyd-RGS | 06.05.17 | L |
S Kaul became the second Sunrisers bowler to witness his four wickets haul in a losing cause after KV Sharma. KV Sharma’s 4 for 38 had gone in vain against Kolkata at Kolkata on 24.05.14
| No | Player | O | M | R | W | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date | Res |
| 1 | KV Sharma | 4.0 | 0 | 38 | 4 | Sunrisers | Kolkata | Kolkata | 24.05.14 | L |
| 2 | S Kaul | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | Sunrisers | Ris Pune | Hyd-RGS | 06.05.17 | L |