Jofra Archer Breaks Shane Watson's Record Of Most Wickets By Overseas Bowler For Rajasthan Royals In IPL

England speedster Jofra Archer is leading Rajasthan Royals’ fast bowling attack in the IPL 2026 match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. In the fixture taking place at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, at the end of 15 overs in RCB’s innings, Archer has picked up 2 wickets for 33 runs in 3 overs. He opened his wicket account by taking Phil Salt’s wicket on the first ball of the match and then dismissed Devdutt Padikkal on the fifth ball of the third over. While Salt was caught by Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer completed Padikkal’s catch after he scored 14 runs from 7 balls with the help of 3 fours.

The wicket of Padikkal in the IPL 2026 match between RR and RCB in Guwahati helped Archer extend his tally of wickets to 62 in 51 IPL matches

for the Rajasthan Royals. The 62nd wicket by Archer helped him break Shane Watson’s record of most wickets for Rajasthan Royals by an overseas bowler.

Watson played 78 IPL matches for the inaugural edition winners from 2008 to 2015 and accounted for the dismissal of 61 batters.

In the list of overseas bowlers who have picked up most wickets for RR in the IPL, Archer and Watson are followed by legendary Shane Warne, former Australian fast bowler James Faulkner and Trent Boult of New Zealand. Warne finished his IPL career with 57 wickets in 55 matches, and Faulkner dismissed 47 batters for RR in 42 IPL matches.

Most wickets by overseas bowlers in IPL for RR

BOWLER	COUNTRY	MATCHES	WICKETS	BEST FIGURES
Jofra Archer	England	51*	62*	3/15
Shane Watson	Australia	78	61	3/10
Shane Warne	Australia	55	57	4/21
James Faulkner	Australia	42	47	5/16
Trent Boult	New Zealand	42	45	3/22
Kevon Cooper	West Indies	25	33	4/26
Chris Morris	South Africa	22	28	4/23
Shaun Tait	Australia	21	23	3/13
Sohail Tanvir	Pakistan	11	22	6/14
Johan Botha	South Africa	24	19	3/6

The overall record of taking most wickets for RR in the IPL is held by Yuzvendra Chahal. Chahal, who is the highest wicket-taker in IPL history, played 46 IPL matches for RR from 2022 to 2024 and picked up 66 wickets. He is followed by Siddharth Trivedi. Siddharth Trivedi played 76 matches from 2008 to 2013 and dismissed 65 batters.

Most wickets for RR in IPL

BOWLER	COUNTRY	MATCHES	WICKETS	BEST FIGURES
Yuzvendra Chahal	India	46	66	5/40
Siddharth Trivedi	India	76	65	4/25
Jofra Archer	England	51*	62*	3/15
Shane Watson	Australia	78	61	3/10
Shane Warne	Australia	55	57	4/21

As of now, Archer is third on the list but is just five short from breaking Chahal’s record and taking the No. 1 position in the list of bowlers with the most wickets for RR in the IPL.