- April 28, 2025
Another night, another masterclass from RCB! If you happen to be an RCB fan, you are likely still afloat with excitement from the impressive six-wicket emphatic victory over Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. This was no ordinary victory—it was historic, filled with record-breaking heroics, last-gasp responses and, needless to say, a pinch of Virat Kohli brilliance. Here are three big milestone events that made Match 46 of IPL 2025 an absolute nail-biter!
Bhuvneshwar Kumar Climbs to Second on the All-Time Wicket-Takers List
Talk about aging like fine wine! Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been a strong performer in the IPL for several years, and against DC showed us all that he is still one of the most dangerous bowlers in the gam
But here’s the incredible part? With these 3 wickets, Bhuvi has now passed Piyush Chawla as the 2nd—yes, second—highest wicket-taker in IPL history, as he now has 193 wickets in 185 matches. Yuzvendra Chahal is the holder with 214 wickets, so if Bhuvi is still able to swing the ball both ways, and let batters know what he’s doing, then why couldn’t he potentially catch Chahal shortly?
It is astonishing to see a bowler get the best out of themselves through adaptation and evolution of their game over seasons. Bhuvi’s transition from first-choice swing bowler for India to incredibly competent death bowler is longevity of the highest order in T20 cricket.
Virat Kohli’s 400+
Can there be an IPL season without the Virat Kohli record-breaking stories? When RCB was struggling at 26/3, Kohli strolled in and did what he does best—stabilized the innings and led RCB to a win.
This innings allowed Kohli to become the first player to have the greatest number of match-winning innings of 400+ runs in 11 IPL seasons; let that sink in for a minute – 11 seasons! We usually think of individual excellence in a calendar year, but Kohli’s year-on-year reliability is simply not comparable. Kohli has scored 443 runs in 10 innings (with 6 half centuries, and in some cases, this IPL season will finish without sitting down some contributions from team team-mates of Kohli), leading the season, it will take a very good collective team effort to keep King Kohli from scoring, simply because he is too hard to beat regardless of his game awareness.
This accomplishment only solidifies the reason why Kohli is the heart and soul of everything that is RCB, and in fact, all of IPL. The competitiveness, the desire, and zeal for the game still inspire not only his teammates, it also inspire millions of people globally.
RCB’s Away-Day Dominance
Winning away games in the IPL is always a challenge, but now, the task of winning six away games back-to-back in the IPL is near impossible until now. Only recently, RCB became the first ever team to win six away games in their first year of wonder away T20 games.
Home conditions and support in T20 games undoubtedly account for a large part of the outcomes – pitches, support from the crowd, and conditions. Clearly, with RCB’s achievement in 2023, they have decided to change the paradigms of their past under-performing away seasons, to be mentally tougher, tactically smarter, and acquire huge depth to the squad. Whether it be Virat’s superb anchoring innings, Bhuvi’s clutch bowling spells, or Tim David’s fantastic cameo, respectively, RCB players have come to the fore at the critical moments when it mattered.
In the current frame of momentum, who knows the records that they could break? One constant is clear – this RCB isn’t simply going to play T20, they are going to leave a mark in the record books.
What do you think – is this the most complete version of RCB? Leave your thoughts below!
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