KKR vs SRH: Bhuvneshwar Kumar Made a Record in IPL, Became India’s First Fast Bowler to do this Feat

New Delhi, Sports Desk. Sunrisers Hyderabad fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar made a special record in the 19th match of IPL 2023 against Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is playing the 150th match of his IPL career. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 33, became the first Indian fast bowler to play 150 IPL matches.

By the way, the record of playing the most number of matches in IPL is in the name of Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni. Dhoni has played 238 matches. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has become the 23rd player to play 150 or more matches in IPL. Bhuvi became the 18th Indian player to play 150 IPL matches.

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar Became the First Indian Fast Bowler to Play 150 Matches in IPL

Bhuvneshwar Kumar became the first Indian fast bowler to play 150 matches in IPL. Among Indian fast bowlers, after Bhuvi, Umesh Yadav holds the record of playing the maximum number of matches. Umesh Yadav has played 137 matches so far and in this he has taken 136 wickets. Mumbai Indians fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is at the third position in this list. Bumrah took 145 wickets in 120 matches.

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Former Indian fast bowler Praveen Kumar is at the fourth position in this list. Praveen Kumar played 119 matches and took 90 wickets. Hardik Pandya completes the top-5 of this list with 110 matches. Sandeep Sharma is sixth with 106 matches and R Vinay Kumar is seventh with 105 matches.

IPL Career of Bhuvi

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has scored 247 runs in 149 matches played so far in IPL. He has played three matches in the current IPL and has scored 6 runs. At the same time, the right-arm fast bowler has taken 156 wickets in 149 matches. In the current IPL, Bhuvi has taken two wickets in three matches.