Delhi: Indian fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who was out due to injury from the first match of the IPL 2025 season, finally got a chance to land on the field. This season, Bhuvneshwar, who became part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), returned from the second match of the team. In the match against Chennai Super Kings, he bowled brilliantly and took wickets during the powerplay. Along with this, Bhubaneswar opened his account in IPL for RCB after 5641 days.
Scored 196 runs in first batting
In the eighth match of IPL 2025 played against Chennai Super Kings on March 28, Royal Challengers Bangalore batted first and scored a strong score of 196 runs. This score was a big challenge for Chennai. They needed a fast start in the powerplay to achieve this, but the pair of Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar created difficulties for Chennai in the first 6 overs. Hazelwood got 2 wickets in the second over of the innings and got a great start.
Bhuvneshwar wicket in first match
After Hazlewood’s success, Bhuvneshwar Kumar also made a mark with his bowling. After bowling affordable in the first two overs, Bhubaneswar was successful in the third over. He gave Bangalore a third success by taking the wicket of Deepak Hooda on the fourth ball of the third over. With this, Bhubaneswar took his first wicket in this season and opened his account in RCB’s jersey.
First wicket came after 5641 days
Bhuvneshwar Kumar had to wait for 238 IPL matches and 5641 days to get his first wicket. This was a special moment for him, because this wicket came for him after a long time.
Bhubaneswar’s first match for RCB
Bhubaneswar started his career in franchise cricket with RCB. Although he made an IPL debut in 2011 for Sahara Pune Warriors, he was part of RCB before that. Then he did not get a chance to play in the IPL, but he got a chance to play in a match in the 2009-10 Champions League. He did not get any wicket in that match. Now, in IPL 2025, he returned to RCB and took a wicket in the first match in his second round.
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