Bhuvneshwar Kumar led Royal Challengers Bengaluru‘s fast bowling attack in their IPL 2026 match against Punjab Kings on Sunday (May 17) and picked up two wickets for 38 runs in four overs. He opened his wicket account by dismissing Priyansh Arya for a three-ball duck on the third ball of PBKS’s innings in the 223-run chase and then got rid of Prabhsimran Singh on the fifth ball of his second over. While Priyansh was caught by Romario Shepherd, Devdutt Padikkal caught Prabh (2 runs from 5 balls).
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The wicket of Prabhsimran helped Bhuvneshwar extend his tally of wickets to 36 in 26 IPL matches against PBKS. He is the joint-highest wicket-taker in the IPL against Punjab Kings. Kolkata Knight
Riders’ spinner Sunil Narine has also picked up 36 wickets in the IPL against the Punjab-based franchise.
The tally of 36 wickets by Bhuvneshwar against PBKS also helped him take the No. 1 position on the list of bowlers with the most wickets against one team in the Indian Premier League.
Most wickets against one team in IPL
| PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS | BEST FIGURES | AGAINST |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Pune Warriors, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Sunrisers Hyderabad | 26* | 36* | 5/19 | Punjab Kings |
| Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders | 27 | 36 | 5/19 | Punjab Kings |
| Umesh Yadav | Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans, Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 22 | 35 | 4/23 | Punjab Kings |
| Dwayne Bravo | Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Lions | 22 | 33 | 4/42 | Mumbai Indians |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | Mumbai Indians, Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 25 | 33 | 5/40 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Pune Warriors, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Sunrisers Hyderabad | 31 | 33 | 3/19 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Mohit Sharma | Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans, Punjab Kings | 21 | 33 | 5/10 | Mumbai Indians |
While Narine has played all of his IPL matches against PBKS for KKR, Bhuvneshwar has also represented Pune Warriors and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the world’s richest franchise cricket league against Punjab Kings.
The world record of taking the most wickets against one team in T20s is in the name of Rashid Khan. Rashid has played 21 T20I matches so far against Ireland and dismissed 45 batters.
Most wickets against one team in T20s
| PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS | BEST FIGURES | AGAINST |
| Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 21 | 45 | 5/3 | Ireland |
| Adil Rashid | England | 26 | 42 | 4/2 | West Indies |
| Henry Ssenyondo | Uganda | 20 | 42 | 4/7 | Rwanda |
| Haris Rauf | Pakistan | 20 | 40 | 4/18 | New Zealand |
| Hasan Ali | Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Peshawar Zalmi | 25 | 39 | 4/15 | Quetta Gladiators |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | Lahore Qalandars | 18 | 38 | 5/40 | Peshawar Zalmi |
| Tim Southee | New Zealand | 23 | 38 | 5/18 | Pakistan |
| Andrew Ellis | Canterbury | 26 | 37 | 5/9 | Northern Districts |
| Lasith Malinga | Mumbai Indians | 23 | 37 | 5/32 | Chennai Super Kings |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Pune Warriors, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Sunrisers Hyderabad | 26 | 36 | 5/19 | Punjab Kings |
| Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders | 27 | 36 | 5/19 | Punjab Kings |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | Lahore Qalandars | 22 | 36 | 5/4 | Multan Sultans |
For RCB, apart from Bhuvneshwar, uncapped Indian pacer Rasikh Salam Dar also picked up 3 wickets to help them secure a win by 23 runs and become the first team to qualify for the IPL 2026 playoffs.
