Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is a right arm medium pacer from Meerut. He made his debut international stage in 2012 when Pakistan toured India fot the first time in five years. In the first T20 international between India and Pakistan in Bangalore, he took three wickets and gave away just 9 runs in four overs. He retained his place in the squad and made his ODI debut in the subsequent ODI Series and bowled out Mohammad Hafeez with his very first delivery. His Test debut came against Australia in Chennai in 2013 and he helped India to their very first whitewash of Australia in Tests. Bhuvneshwar was one of the lone bright spots in an otherwise wretched tour of England, taking 19 wickets at 26.63, an Indian record for most wickets against England in a Test series. He was dragged down by injury in Australia and played only one game in the 2015 World Cup.

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar on when he will play for India again: 'The selectors will give you the answer to that'

September 03, 2025 8:37 pm

Bhuvneshwar, who has 141 scalps in ODIs and 91 in T20Is, was picked up by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League auctions last year for Rs 10.75 crore after he was released from Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Saying he sees absolutely no issue with Bumrah picking a certain number of Tests, Bhuvneshwar displayed wisdom and maturity lacking in several experts. (Reuters)

'If Bumrah contributes significantly to 3 of 5 Tests, then why should it be a problem' - Bhuvneshwar Kumar

August 15, 2025 3:29 pm

Bhuvneshwar Kumar explains why criticising Jasprit Bumrah's bowling management is quite silly.

IPL 2025: Sneaking in yorkers is not solely about wicket-taking anymore, for batters rarely slip into a static stance at the crease today. (BCCI)

Stop the press: The yorkers are back in the IPL

April 23, 2025 9:34 am

Data suggests that most teams have surpassed the number of yorkers in the end overs in the IPL 2019 season, the last full-fledged season without any restrictions on saliva-application.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar shares his vegetarian diet, protein requirement: 'Once, I was told not to eat dal...'

April 18, 2025 1:43 pm

"Eggs were there, but I have left eggs too for the past one year," said Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who wants to prolong his career with the same intensity and avoid injuries.

'I forgot that I can use saliva', says Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Bhuvneshwar Kumar

April 17, 2025 7:35 pm

The BCCI had lifted the Covid-19 pandemic time ban that ICC came up with after the meeting of IPL captains in Mumbai before the start of this season's Indian Premier League (IPL).

Royal Challengers Baengaluru players during the IPL 2025 match against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. (Sportzpics for IPL)

IPL 2025: After years of struggling at home, RCB have compiled a team that can ace Chinnaswamy conditions

April 01, 2025 9:31 pm

Bengaluru hasn't often been kind to the home team, but with explosive batting line-up and experienced bowling, they have the tools to excel.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar's hat-trick helped UP beat Jharkhand by 10 runs in a must-win SMAT match on Thursday. (Reuters)

WATCH: Bhuvneshwar Kumar's hat-trick in 10-run win for UP vs Jharkhand in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

December 05, 2024 7:20 pm

Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned with the ball for his final over in the 17th and removed Robin Minz, Bal Krishna (0), and Vivek Anand Tiwari (0) to finish with figures of 4-1-6-3 in the Syed Muhstaq Ali Trophy match.

SMAT 2024: Bhuvneshwar Kumar became the first Indian pacer to record 300 T20 wickets on Saturday. (Reuters)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar becomes first Indian pacer to record 300 T20 wickets during SMAT 2024

November 23, 2024 4:48 pm

Featuring in his first major competitive game since the IPL 2024 season, Bhuvneshwar reached the feat with his first wicket for UP in the match against Delhi at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

IPL Auction 2025: Shami, Chahal and Bhuvneshwar could all find be slotted in by sides at a bargain price in the mega auction. (BCCI)

IPL Auction 2025: The steal deals: from Shami to Ashwin, Powell to Conway

November 22, 2024 5:57 pm

IPL Auction 2025: The franchises couldn’t retain them before the mega auction, but there are ample game-changers up for grabs on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah.

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IPL Stats corner: Abhishek Sharma breaks Sanath Jayasuriya’s 16-year-old record, Sanju Samson yet to be beaten by spin

May 11, 2024 10:48 am

Though their batters are in the news, Bhuvneshwar has risen to the top of the PowerPlay bowling charts with 10 scalps from 12 outings with an economy of 7.27 for SRH.

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IPL 2018: Full list of the retained players

April 07, 2018 9:09 am

Here is the full list of the retained players for Indian Premier League 2018.

Hitched: Sports stars who tied the knot in 2017

December 30, 2017 7:06 pm

Many sports stars including Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, football captain Sunil Chhetri, football legend Lionel Messi and tennis star Serena Williams got married in 2017.

Zaheer Khan-Sagarika Ghatge, Bhuvneshwar Kumar-Nupur Nagar, Shikhar Dhawan's sister get married

Zaheer Khan weds Sagarika Ghatge, Bhuvneshwar Kumar marries Nupur Nagar, Shikhar Dhawan's sister start a new innings, see pics

November 26, 2017 11:23 pm

While Zaheer Khan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar became married men this week, Shikhar Dhawan was busy at his sister's wedding in Delhi.

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar ties the knot with Nupur Nagar in Meerut, see pics

November 25, 2017 11:32 am

Bhuvneshwar Kumar married his long time friend Nupur Nagar in Meerut on Thursday.

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India vs Sri Lanka: MS Dhoni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar take India to win in Kandy

August 25, 2017 1:17 am

Akila Dananjaya's career-best 6-54 was in vain as India beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in their second one-day international to go 2-0 up in the five-match series on Thursday.