Bhuvneshwar Kumar is leading Royal Challengers Bengaluru‘s fast bowling attack in their IPL 2026 match against Mumbai Indians on Sunday (May 10). In the high-voltage match taking place at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur, he picked up Ryan Rickelton’s wicket in the first over and dismissed Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav on back-to-back balls of his second over. While Rickelton was caught by Rajat Patidar for 2 runs (from 4 balls), Jitesh Sharma completed Rohit’s catch (he made 22 from 10 balls) and Suryakumar was caught by Virat Kohli for a golden duck in the first slip.
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The wicket of Surya helped Bhuvneshwar extend his tally of wickets to 20 in IPL 2026. He is the
first bowler to take 20 wickets in this year’s IPL. A total of 20 wickets by Bumrah in this year’s IPL has also helped him become the third pacer and overall fourth bowler in the world to dismiss at least 20 batters in four IPL seasons.
The record of dismissing at least 20 batters in most IPL seasons is held by Yuzvendra Chahal. Chahal, who tops the list of bowlers with the most wickets in the IPL, has picked up at least 20 wickets in five different IPL seasons.
Most IPL seasons with 20+ wickets
| PLAYER | No. OF SEASONS | SEASONS |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 5 | 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022, 2023 |
| Lasith Malinga | 4 | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 4 | 2017, 2020, 2021, 2024 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 4 | 2014, 2016, 2017, 2026 |
Prior to taking his tally of wickets to 20 in this year’s IPL, Bhuvneshwar last dismissed 20 or more batters in an IPL season in 2017 when he was playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad. In that season, he won the Purple Cap by finishing as the highest wicket-taker (26 wickets).
Bhuvneshwar’s performance in IPL (season-by-season)
| PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS | BEST FIGURES |
| 2011 | Pune Warriors India | 4 | 3 | 2/14 |
| 2012 | Pune Warriors India | 11 | 8 | 2/9 |
| 2013 | Pune Warriors India | 16 | 13 | 3/18 |
| 2014 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 20 | 4/14 |
| 2015 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 18 | 3/26 |
| 2016 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 17 | 23 | 4/29 |
| 2017 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 26 | 5/19 |
| 2018 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 12 | 9 | 3/26 |
| 2019 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 15 | 13 | 2/24 |
| 2020 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 4 | 3 | 2/25 |
| 2021 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 11 | 6 | 1/16 |
| 2022 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 12 | 3/22 |
| 2023 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 16 | 5/30 |
| 2024 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 16 | 11 | 3/41 |
| 2025 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 14 | 17 | 3/33 |
| 2026 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 11 | 20* | 3/5 |
Bhuvneshwar, who last played for India in 2022, overall has 218 wickets to his name in the IPL. He is second on the list of bowlers with the most wickets in the IPL. No other pacer has dismissed more batters than him in the world’s richest franchise cricket league.
