Veteran Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has shared his excitement about rejoining Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) after over a decade. The franchise acquired him for a significant INR 10.75 crore at the IPL 2025 auction.
The bowler admitted that he was unsure whether RCB would target him, as he mentioned in a video posted by the franchise on X (via India Today):
“I had no idea whether RCB would go for me or not. Because the auction is a different dynamic. You don’t know what’s going to happen. But yes, when they picked me, I got a message from the director, the coach, and everyone else.”
“Honestly, it feels great to be back in RCB. It’s not new for me in terms of the environment because I know most of the guys. But of course, there are new guys, I’ll meet them. We’ll have a chat and we’ll play alongside for three months now. I spoke to them. I’m really looking forward to this IPL,” he added.
Bhuvneshwar also mentioned that RCB has addressed all their needs in the auction.
“If you look at the bowling attack, I think RCB management has covered all the bases. Experience, skill-wise, pace, bounce, whatever that is. I think they’ve covered all the bases.”
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Bhuvneshwar Kumar ranks second in IPL wicket-taking among pacers
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is among the top wicket-takers in IPL history, with 181 wickets in 176 matches at an economy rate of 7.56. Among pacers, he trails only Dwayne Bravo, who claimed 183 wickets in 161 games.
Most wickets in IPL
- Yuzvendra Chahal – 205 wickets
- Piyush Chawla – 192 wickets
- Dwayne Bravo – 183 wickets
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 181 wickets
- Sunil Narine and Ravichandran Ashwin – 180 wickets
Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 11 wickets in 16 matches for SunRisers Hyderabad last season. The Uttar Pradesh pacer began his IPL journey with RCB in 2009 and 2010 before moving to the now-defunct Pune Warriors India (2011–2013). He joined SRH in 2014 and remained with the franchise until the 2024 season.
He last played in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, where he claimed 11 wickets in nine matches with an impressive economy rate of 6.03.
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