The 42nd league match of the 19th season of the Indian Premier League was played between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Gujarat Titans team managed to win this match by 4 wickets. Indian fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar, playing for RCB, managed to continue his excellent form with the ball in this match too, in which he took three wickets while conceding 28 runs in his 4 overs. With this, Bhuvneshwar Kumar achieved a feat in T20 cricket which no Indian fast bowler had been able to achieve before.
Bhuvneshwar completed 350 wickets in T20
In the match against Gujarat Titans, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took his wicket figure in T20 cricket to more than 350 by taking 2 wickets in the powerplay. With this, Bhuvneshwar Kumar became the first Indian fast bowler who managed to take 350 or more wickets in T20. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has played a total of 325 matches in his T20 career so far in which he has bowled in 324 innings, in which he has taken 352 wickets at an average of 24.51. If we look at the economy rate of Bhuvneshwar Kumar in T20, it is 7.35. If we look at the performance of Bhuvneshwar Kumar in IPL 2026, he has once again captured the Purple Cap in which he has taken 17 wickets in 9 matches at an average of 15.52.
Chahal has the record of taking most wickets in his name.
The record of taking most wickets as an Indian player in T20 cricket is currently in the name of leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal who has taken a total of 391 wickets. After this, Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s name is in the list with 352 wickets. At number three is star Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, whose form in IPL 2026 has not been anything special. Bumrah has so far taken 347 wickets in T20 cricket. At fourth place in this list is the name of former Indian leg spinner Piyush Chawla, who has taken a total of 327 wickets in T20 cricket.
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