IPL19: Bhuvneshwar Kumar has created this big history in IPL, became the first fast bowler to do so.

Sandy Verma

Tezzbuzz|06-04-2026

Sports Desk. After the stormy half-century innings of Tim David (70 runs in 25 balls) and the lethal bowling of Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3 wickets in 41 runs), Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings by 43 runs in the match played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday and captured the top position in the points table.

After losing the toss, RCB came to bat first and scored 250 runs in 20 overs. In reply, CSK could score only 207 runs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has registered a big record in his name by taking the first wicket in the match. With this wicket he completed his 200 wickets in IPL. With this, he has become the first fast bowler to take two hundred wickets in IPL. He is second only to Bhuvneshwar Kumar in terms of taking most wickets in IPL.

Yuzvendra Chahal holds the record of taking most wickets in IPL

At the same time, he has also become the second bowler to take 200 wickets in IPL. The record of taking the most wickets in this tournament is held in the name of spin bowler Yuzvendra Chahal. Chahal has taken 224 wickets in 176 IPL matches so far. Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s name is at second place. Bhuvi has taken 202 wickets in his name in 192 matches. Whereas KKR spin bowler Sunil Narine is at third place in this list with 193 wickets in 191 matches. Piyush Chawla is at number four in the list. He has taken 192 wickets in 192 matches. Ravichandran Ashwin is at fifth place in this list with 187 wickets.

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