5-wicket haul for Rajasthan Royals bowler in Ranji Trophy ahead of IPL 2026

Rajasthan Royals' (RR) uncapped Indian bowler spiced up the Jammu and Kashmir vs Mumbai Ranji Trophy 2025-26 Elite Group D match on Thursday at the Sher-I-Kashmir Cricket Stadium in Srinagar. The emerging pacer picked up 5 wickets against the mighty Mumbai cricket team. In the last season too, the Jammu-born pacer bowled impressively against Mumbai. 

In the ongoing match between J&K and Mumbai, RR pacer Yudhvir Singh picked up 5 wickets to halt the star-studded team on 386. Singh first restricted the blossoming partnership between Ayush Mhatre (28) and Ajinkya Rahane (27). He first dismissed Mhatre and then trapped Rahane. In 74 runs, Mumbai lost 3 wickets, and J&K bowlers were looking under control.

Like Siddhesh Lad (116), Shams Mulani was also on his way to register a hundred, but he had missed the opportunity for only nine runs. Singh helped J&K to get rid of the promising all-rounder through LBW. His fourth prey were Tanush Kotian and Mumbai skipper Shardul Thakur. Kotian was dismissed for 28, and Thakur went back to the hut with a duck. In his 25-over spell, the RR pacer bagged 5 wickets for 96 runs and 5 maiden overs. It was Yudhvir’s second fifer in first-class cricket.

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Impressive bowling display ahead of IPL 2026

His best bowling figure came against Services in the previous season, which is 5/17. During the last campaign, when Jammu and Kashmir locked horns against the record 42-time Ranji champions Mumbai, the talented pacer was impressive. Across two formats in that match, the right-handed bowler claimed a total of seven wickets. Proving most of the equations wrong, J&K defeated Mumbai in that game, where Yudhvir emerged as one of the heroes for his team. at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy in BKC.

Ahead of IPL 2026, the bowler's performance is significant for Rajasthan Royals as they are set to shuffle their squad to fetch a better result in the upcoming season. In IPL 2025, the pacer got 4 wickets in 4 matches with an expensive economy rate of 11.90.