Mumbai Indians’ ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah will look to climb up the Purple Cap leaderboard when he faces one of his favourite opponents, Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2024 match 25 on Thursday (April 11) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Bumrah has been among the top-wicket takers list in several seasons, but never managed to win the Purple Cap so far. The economical bowler has opened the 2024 campaign with 5 wickets in four matches with best figures of 3 for 14, which came against Gujarat Titans.

Five wickets aside, Bumrah has been very economical in his spells. However, his team – Mumbai Indians has won only 1 of their four matches so far this season despite the ace pacer’s consistent bowling displays.
The Indian pace spearhead will look to carry on from where he has left off when he takes on Royal Challengers Bengaluru and plays at the venue, where he has performed decently. Now, let's take a look at Jasprit Bumrah record vs RCB in IPL:
Bumrah, who made his IPL debut in 2013 season, claimed a three-wicket haul in his first match against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru and later went on to become one of the best bowlers in the league and the shortest format.
Overall, Bumrah has claimed 155 wickets in 128 innings at an economy rate of 7.31, has claimed the second most wickets against RCB, taking 24 wickets in 18 innings. Here is a look at Bumrah's stats vs RCB:
Bumrah has gone wicket-less on seven occasions, including the most recent outing, against RCB so far in his career. The 30-year-old has also conceded more than 40 only twice in his career against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Among his 24 wickets against RCB, Bumrah has dismissed star Virat Kohli four times, and Glenn Maxwell once so far in his career. He has also got Maxwell's number on four other occasions when the Australian batter played at different franchises.
However, he has never dismissed RCB skipper Faf Du Plessis and wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik so far in his IPL career. Here is a look at Bumrah's numbers against top 4 RCB batters:
The Indian pacer has played more than 30 times at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, where he averages around 26. In 6 innings against RCB at Wankhede, Bumrah has claimed 8 wickets at an economy rate of 7.83. Here is a look at his overall numbers in Mumbai: