Jasprit Bumrah shatters major IPL record with five-fer against RCB

Mumbai Indians pacer Jasprit Bumrah bowled a memorable spell to clinch 5 wickets against Royal Challengers Bengaluru within the IPL 2024 sport at Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. The star Indian pacer entered the historical past e book after his sensation 5/21 figures against RCB. 

The 30-year-old pacer dismissed Virat Kohli early within the sport and went on to bowl two double-wicket overs. After dismissing Saurav Chauhan within the nineteenth over, he grew to become the main wicket-taker against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL historical past. Bumrah broke Ravindra Jadeja and Sandeep Sharma’s record tally of 26 wickets every against RCB.

Most IPL wickets against RCB:

1. Jasprit Bumrah – 29 wickets in 19 innings
2. Sandeep Sharma – 26 wickets in 18 innings
3. Ravindra Jadeja – 26 wickets in 28 innings
4. Sunil Narine – 24 wickets in 19 innings
5. Ashish Nehra – 23 wickets in 13 innings

Bumrah now boasts 29 wickets in 19 IPL innings against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at a tremendous financial system price of seven.45.

Meanwhile, Bumrah additionally grew to become the one fourth participant in IPL historical past to clinch a number of five-wicket hauls. He joined James Faulkner, Jaydev Unadkat and Bhuvneshwar Kumar within the elite record with his newest figures against RCB. 

Players with a number of five-wicket hauls in IPL historical past

1. James Faulkner – 2 
2. Jaydev Unadkat – 2
3. Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 2
4. Jasprit Bumrah – 2

Bumrah additionally claimed the Purple Cap after his fifth wicket as he joined Yuzvendra Chahal on the high of the bowling chart with 10 wickets in 5 innings within the IPL 2024. 

However, Royal Challengers Bengaluru managed to put up a difficult complete of 196/8 with Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar and Dinesh Karthik recording fifty-plus scores every. Faf ended his poor run of kind by top-scoring with 61 off 41 balls and the skilled wicketkeeper batter Dinesh Karthik smashed 53* off simply 23 balls.