DC vs RCB IPL 2025: Bhuvneshwar Kumar becomes the second highest wicketkeeper with 193 scalps, fetches Piyush Chawla | Mint

Kumar today shows his shot at Arun Jaitley Stadium, as he only gave 8 runs over the 17th and 20th overs. However, more importantly in the two overs, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s medium pacer picked up 3 wickets, which included the scalp of the in-form Kl Rahul. Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar takes on Sunday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium of Delhi Capitals Karun Nair at Arun Jaitley Stadium, another record in Indian Premier League Double Header during the match between the Delhi principal and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Stage. RCB’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar caught up with the bone -spinner Piyush Chawla to go second on the list of the highest wickets in the history of the IPL. With figures of 3/33, the right arm medium paser now has 193 scalps by his name, just one more than the now retired Chawla. IPL Great Kumar is a 2-turn winner of thepurple cap and is a certified IPL-big. The 35-year-old man today showed his death disc at Arun Jaitley Stadium, while giving only 8 runs over the 17th and 20th overs and suffocated the home team’s fighters. His 17th was a master class of Kumar when he picked up 2 important wickets from Kl Rahul and Ashutosh Sharma, the Impact Player, who gave away only 3 runs at that time. Worth lifting each Penny RCB eyebrows before IPL 2025 when they obtained Kumar’s services for a striking £ 10.75 crore at the auction. However, he seems to have repaid every penny as he leads RCB’s charge to the top of the IPL standings with his misery bowling. In IPL 2025, he picked up all 12 wickets and led a charge of his own on a personal level; A third orange cap. RCB fans took to X to express their gratitude for a bowler of Kumar’s class in their series. One user said: “When RCB spent 10.75 crores on Bhuvneshwar Kumar at auctions, I thought RCB had been robbed considering his last few seasons. But man, he proved to be worth every penny of the 10.75 crores, the way he delivered this game in every game.” Another user marveled at his cover in the dismissal of Sharma and stated: “This bone cutter of Bhuvneshwar Kumar to reject Ashutosh Sharma was top class. The batsman completely fooled the batsman.” DC vs RCB IPL 2025 The RCB bowlers did a good job of limiting the high fly -home team, as DC scored only 162/8 in their 20 overs. Stay up to date with all the actions from the IPL 2025. Look at the IPL 2025 schedule, follow the latest IPL 2025 points table and follow the top performers with the orange cap and purple cap. First Published: 27 Apr 2025, 09:58 PM IST