Delhi: In the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Delhi Capitals (DC) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, RCB stopped Delhi for just 162 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. This was the smallest score of Delhi this season. In this match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, star fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar created history.
Become the second highest wicket bowler in IPL
Fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar finished second in the list of bowlers who took the most wickets in IPL history by taking 3 wickets in this match. His name has been 193 wickets, which is now one wicket more than retired Piyush Chawla. At the moment, more wickets than that are only the names of Punjab Kings (PBKS) star spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who has taken 214 wickets in the IPL.
| Player | Wickets |
|---|---|
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 214 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar* | 193 |
| Piyush Chawla | 192 |
| Sunil Naren | 187 |
| R Ashwin | 185 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 183 |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is called the legendary player of IPL. He has won the Purple Cap twice and is famous for his superb bowling. In this match, he bowled amazing and took 3 wickets for 33 runs in 4 overs.
35 -year -old Bhubaneswar once again showed his death over specialist in the match against Delhi. He conceded just 8 runs in the 17th and 20th over and did not give Delhi batsmen a chance to play openly. Especially his 17th over was extremely spectacular, in which he dismissed KL Rahul and Impact Player Ashutosh Sharma and spent just 3 runs.
In this season, Bhubaneswar has taken 12 wickets so far and is also strongly presenting his claim in the Purple Cap race.
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