Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 4 wickets against MIImage Credit source: PTI

While young bowlers like Prince Yadav and Anshul Kamboj are impressing with their performance in IPL 2026, amidst all this, veteran Indian fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been successful in establishing his dominance. Experienced pacer Bhuvneshwar, who plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore, has once again taken the lead in the race of taking most wickets this season. In the match against Mumbai Indians, Bhuvneshwar again took the lead by taking 4 wickets. Besides, he also equaled Mumbai's star pacer Jasprit Bumrah in one figure.

MI defeated in front of Bhuvi

Bhuvneshwar Kumar showed the magic of his swing in the match played between Bengaluru and Mumbai on 10th May in Raipur. In this match, Mumbai, which was batting first, was stunned by Bhuvneshwar in his first spell itself. Bhuvneshwar took the wicket of Ryan Rickleton in the very first over. Then he returned in his second over and sent Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav back to the pavilion on consecutive balls. After this, in his last over, Bhuvi ended the half-century innings of Tilak Verma.

Did wonders for the first time in IPL 2026

In this way, 36-year-old star fast bowler Bhuvneshwar did the feat of taking 4 wickets in a match for the first time in the IPL 2026 season. In his 4 overs, Bhuvi spent only 23 runs and killed 4 top order batsmen. With this, he again became number-1 in the race for most wickets in the current season. Before this match, Bhuvi had 17 wickets in 10 innings. Ahead of him were Anshul Kamboj (19) of Chennai Super Kings and Kagiso Rabada (18) of Gujarat Titans. Bhuvneshwar now has 21 wickets and then he moved ahead in the race for the Purple Cap award.

Bhuvi reached level with Bumrah

Not only this, Bhuvneshwar has also equaled Jasprit Bumrah in a special matter. As soon as Bhuvneshwar took his third wicket in this innings, he touched the figure of 20 wickets in this season. With this, he equaled Bumrah and Lasith Malinga in terms of taking 20 or more wickets in 4 different seasons of IPL. There is now only one bowler ahead of them - Yuzvendra Chahal, who has done the feat of taking more than 20 wickets in a season maximum 5 times.

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