IPL 2025 has kicked off with a bang, featuring an epic showdown between the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens.
Since the Indian Premier League (IPL) is played in a Twenty20 format where each team gets to play only a maximum of twenty overs, the pressure on batsmen of both teams to score runs is unimaginable on one hand and the responsibility of bowlers, especially death bowlers of restricting batsmen who go all-out to maximise runs in the final overs is also huge on the other hand. Over the years, numerous death overs specialist bowlers have taken over the IPL and dominated their opponents in the league.
In this article we will take a look at the top four death bowlers of the IPL 2025 season.
IPL 2025: Top 4 Death Bowlers Of The Season
Thangarasu Natarajan – Delhi Capitals (DC)
Indian international cricketer who represents Tamil Nadu on the domestic cricket circuit and plays for the Delhi Capitals (DC) squad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) is at the first spot in our list of the top four death bowlers of the IPL 2025 season.
The 33-year-old, Thangarasu Natarajan, has picked up a total of 67 wickets in a total of 61 IPL matches that he has played for far for Punjab Kings (PBKS), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Delhi Capitals (DC) of 22 March 2025 making him one of the most seasoned bowlers of the league in the ongoing IPL 2025 season. Natarajan’s ability to bowl yorkers and cutters with accuracy can undoubtedly prove to be one of the biggest strengths for the Delhi Capitals (DC) this season.
Andre Russell – Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Another seasoned player, Andre Russell, who has played a total of 128 matches in his IPL career so far and has picked a spine-chilling total of 115 wickets, is at the second spot in our list of the four death bowlers who are all geared up to dominate the IPL 2025 season.
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The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) acquired Russell for a staggering total of INR 12 crores at the IPL 2025 mega auction held in Jeddah in November 2024. Often hailed as the king of off-cutters, back-of-the-hand slower deliveries and wide yorkers, Russell would undoubtedly be one of the most reliable bowlers for the KKR in death overs in the ongoing IPL 2025 season.
Pat Cummins – Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Skipper of the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the ongoing 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Pat Cummins is at the third spot in our list of the top four death bowlers of the IPL 2025 season.
Cummins made his much-decorated IPL debut for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) franchise in the IPL 2014 season and ever since has switched his sides to Delhi Capitals (DC) in the IPL 2017 season and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the previous IPL 2024 edition. Owing to his ground-breaking performance in the previous IPL edition, SRH retained Pat Cummins for a staggering INR 20.50 crore.
Jasprit Bumrah – Mumbai Indians
Well, with the death-over specialist, Jasprit Bumrah, the Mumbai Indians (MI) undoubtedly have an added advantage. Although, according to reports, Bumrah might miss out on the initial few matches of the IPL 2025 season after being injured, he still hasn’t been officially ruled out from the MI squad for the IPL 2025 season, sparking hopes of his return anytime soon.
The death overs specialist, Jasprit Bumrah, had a brilliant economy rate of just 6.06 in death overs in the provisos IPL 2024 edition, making him one of the most reliable death bowlers in the ongoing IPL 2025 season.
