Royal Challengers Bangalore’s pacer Harshal Patel bagged
three wickets in the fixture against Sunrisers Hyderabad and took his wicket
tally to 29 for the season. The purple cap holder set a new record in the
Indian Premier League.

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He became the Indian bowler
with the most wickets in a single IPL season at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium. The previous record holder was Mumbai Indians pacer, Jasprit
Bumrah had set a record of taking 27 wickets in the 2020 season while playing
in 15 matches for the franchise.

The next one in the list is Bhuvneshwar Kumar of Sunrisers
Hyderabad who managed to take 26 wickets in 14 matches during the 2017 season.

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Patel finished his spell against Hyderabad with three
wickets while giving away 33 runs. He sent the SRH captain Kane Williamson back
to the dugout after he was well set and playing on 31.

Jason Holder’s innings came to an end on 16 runs and
Wriddhiman Saha was another victim of the 30-year-old.

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It has been a dream season for Harshal and the pacer has
already bagged a hat-trick and a five-wicket-haul to his name. No other bowler
has managed to get a hat trick this season while only two others have recorded
five wicket hauls (Arshdeep Singh and Andre Russell).

Patel has brought stability to the bowling attack of Royal
Challengers Bangalore which had been due for a long time. The duo of Yuzvendra
Chahal and Harshal has worked wonders for the franchise who’s bowling always
suffered in the death overs.

Despite his age, Patel can be a weapon for the Indian
cricket team as he remains an unknown commodity.

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RCB has already qualified for the play-offs with one more
league encounter left to play. The franchise will play a minimum of two more
games before the season ends for them and Harshal will be hoping to become the
bowler with the most wickets in a single edition.

Currently, the purple cap holder is three wickets shy of
Dwayne Bravo’s record of 32 wickets in the 2013 edition.

Will Harshal Patel manage to break Dwayne Bravo’s record?
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