Bhuvneshwar Kumar has entered his name in the history books on Sunday, April 5, by becoming the first fast bowler to take 200 wickets in the IPL. Bhuvneshwar needed 1 wicket in match No. 11 of IPL 2026, taking place between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, to complete 200 wickets in the IPL, and he achieved the objective by dismissing Ayush Mhatre on the second ball of the second over of CSK’s innings in the 251-run chase.
Mhatre was caught by RCB skipper Rajat Patidar after scoring 1 run from 3 balls for the Chennai-based franchise.
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In the list of fast bowlers with most wickets in IPL history, Bhuvneshwar, who last played for the Indian men’s cricket team in 2022, is followed by Jasprit Bumrah and Dwayne Bravo.
Bumrah, who has been associated with Mumbai Indians in the IPL since 2013, has 183 wickets to his name in 147 matches, whereas Bravo finished his IPL career with 183 wickets in 161 matches for three teams – Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Lions.
Most wickets in IPL (by fast bowlers)
| BOWLER | TEAM(S) | MATCHES | WICKETS | BEST FIGURES | 5-WKT HAULS |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | RCB, PWI, SRH | 192* | 200* | 5/19 | 2 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | MI | 147 | 183 | 5/10 | 2 |
| Dwayne Bravo | MI, CSK, GL | 161 | 183 | 4/22 | 0 |
| Lasith Malinga | MI | 122 | 170 | 5/13 | 1 |
| Harshal Patel | DC, RCB, SRH, PBKS | 121 | 151 | 5/27 | 1 |
| Sandeep Sharma | PBKS, RR, SRH | 139 | 147 | 5/18 | 1 |
| Umesh Yadav | DC, GT, KKR, RCB | 148 | 144 | 4/23 | 0 |
| Trent Boult | KKR, SRH, DC, MI, RR | 121 | 143 | 4/18 | 0 |
| Mohammed Shami | KKR, DC, PBKS, SRH, GT | 121 | 136 | 4/11 | 0 |
| Mohit Sharma | CSK, DC, GT, PBKS | 120 | 134 | 5/10 | 1 |
Bhuvneshwar is overall the second bowler in the world to take 200 wickets in the IPL. Yuzvendra Chahal, who is part of the Punjab Kings’ IPL 2026 squad, was the first bowler in the world to take 200 IPL wickets. As of now, Chahal has 224 wickets to his name in 176 IPL matches.
In the list of bowlers with most wickets in the IPL, Chahal and Bhuvneshwar are followed by Sunil Narine. Narine has played 191 IPL matches for Kolkata Knight Riders since making his debut in 2012 and has 193 wickets to his name. He holds the record of taking most wickets for one team in the world’s richest franchise cricket league.
