IPL 2024: In the history of the Indian Premier League, there have been very few players who have represented the same team for 8-10 consecutive years. The name of Bhuvneshwar Kumar is one of those cricketers, who has been playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad since 2014. On March 23, the third match of IPL 2024 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). In this match, Bhuvneshwar can make a historical record in his name, which no Indian player has been able to achieve till date.
Historical record will be added to the name of Bhuvneshwar Kumar
By taking 4 wickets in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders, Bhuvneshwar Kumar can become the first Indian to take 150 wickets while playing for a single team in IPL. He has played 129 matches for SRH so far, in which Bhuvneshwar has 146 wickets in his name. As soon as he takes 4 wickets, he will complete 150 wickets in IPL for SRH.
Before him, only Sunil Narine and Lasith Malinga are the only bowlers who have taken 150 wickets while playing for the same team. Sunil Narayan has taken 163 wickets till date while playing for KKR in his IPL career. Whereas Lasith Malinga spent his entire IPL career in Mumbai Indians and while playing for this team, he has taken 170 wickets. That means Bhuvneshwar is going to become the first Indian bowler to complete 150 wickets for any one team.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar's IPL career
If we look at Bhuvneshwar Kumar's entire IPL career, till date he has taken 170 wickets while playing 160 matches. He is the fifth highest wicket taker Indian bowler in the history of the Indian Premier League and is at seventh place in terms of taking most wickets in IPL.
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