The 20th match of IPL 2025 will be played between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Monday, 7 April at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, in which RCB star fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar can create history by taking just one wicket. Actually, in this match, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has a golden opportunity to become the most successful fast bowler in the history of IPL.

Bhuvneshwar will become the number-1 fast bowler of IPL

35-year-old Bhuvneshwar has taken 183 wickets in 178 matches in IPL. With this, he is now jointly at number one with Dwayne Bravo as a fast bowler in terms of taking the most wickets in IPL. Let us tell you that Dwayne Bravo did this feat while playing 161 matches in IPL.

This Caribbean all-rounder does not play IPL now, but Bhuvneshwar is still playing this tournament continuously. It is worth noting that if he takes even one wicket against Mumbai Indians today, then he will become the most successful fast bowler of the IPL tournament with 184 wickets. Lasith Malinga is at number three in this list, who has taken 170 wickets in 122 IPL matches. At number 4 is Jasprit Bumrah, who currently has 165 wickets in 133 matches.

Most wickets as a fast bowler in IPL

Dwayne Bravo - 183 wickets in 161 matches
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 183 wickets in 178 matches
Lasith Malinga - 170 wickets in 122 matches
Jasprit Bumrah - 165 wickets in 133 matches
Umesh Yadav - 144 wickets in 148 matches
More than 300 wickets in T20

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is considered a specialist bowler of the T20 format who has taken 312 wickets in 297 matches in the fast format. Bhuvneshwar is the fourth most successful bowler of the current times with 90 wickets in 87 T20 Internationals for the country. This is the reason why in the mega auction of IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore included him in their team by paying a huge amount of Rs 10.75 crore. He has taken 2 wickets for 43 runs in 7 overs in 2 matches for RCB this season.