Delhi: In the match number 28 of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025), on 13 April i.e. Sunday, Rajasthan Royals (RR) faced Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The match was played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, where Bangalore team defeated Rajasthan by 9 wickets and registered a fourth win out of their home ground.
In this match, veteran Pesar Bhuvneshwar Kumar made headlines while bowling for RCB. The match was the 300th match of his T20 career, and he has become the first Indian fast bowler to do so.
Significantly, Bhubaneswar has taken a total of 316 wickets in his 300 T20 matches so far. Remember that it is that RCB included Bhuvneshwar in his team for Rs 10.75 crore in the Mega auction of IPL 2025.
Apart from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal of Punjab Kings (PBKS) is the only specialist spinner in the list of Indian players playing 300 matches in T20 cricket. Apart from him, the names of all -rounders like Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are also 300+ T20 matches.
Talking about the match, the right -handed fast bowler took 1 wicket for 32 runs in 4 overs against Rajasthan Royals, where he made Shimron Hetmyer his victim.
Most T20 matches for Indian pacers
- 300* – Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- 291 – Hardik Pandya
- 234 – Jaspreet Bumrah
- 204 – Harshal Patel
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