Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Royal Challengers Bengaluru · right arm fast medium · right-hand bat · Bowler

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Matches

Wickets

7.95

Economy

13.5

Bowl SR

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

≥30 balls batting · ≥15 balls bowling✓ ClaimReview per phaseFull breakdown →

Powerplay (1–6)sub-floor

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SR · 0 balls · 0 R

0 runs0 4s0 6s

Middle (7–15)sub-floor

133.3

SR · 3 balls · 4 R

4 runs0 4s0 6s

Death (16–20)sub-floor

130.4

SR · 23 balls · 30 R

30 runs3 4s1 6s

Powerplay (1–6) · Bowling

6.74

Economy · 204 balls · 17 wkts

229 runs17 wkts89 dots

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Middle (7–15) · Bowling

9.6

Economy · 30 balls · 1 wkts

48 runs1 wkts8 dots

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Death (16–20) · Bowling

8.67

Economy · 144 balls · 11 wkts

208 runs11 wkts24 dots

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Aggregated across 4 captured IPL 2026 fixtures against GT.

Metric	IPL 2026 best opponent (bowling)
Value	8 wickets vs GT
Period	IPL 2026 to date
Computed	2026-09-08T00:52:17.969Z

P3 — Form & phase

6 claims

IPL 2026 season presence

Bhuvneshwar Kumar appeared in 16 IPL 2026 matches (16-fixture sample) for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, most recently on 2026-05-31.

16 matchesn=16 fixtures · IPL 2026 to date

Death-overs economy, IPL 2026

Bhuvneshwar Kumar concedes 8.67 runs per over in IPL 2026 death overs (144-ball sample, #11 of 66 qualifying bowlers).

8.67 RPOn=144 legal deliveries in overs 16-20 · IPL 2026 to date

Bowling economy in IPL 2026

Bhuvneshwar Kumar economy 8.0 in IPL 2026 (378 balls, 28 wickets).

8.0n=378 balls bowled · IPL 2026↗

Powerplay bowling economy in IPL 2026

Bhuvneshwar Kumar powerplay economy 6.7 in IPL 2026 (204 balls, 17 wickets).

6.7n=204 PP balls bowled · IPL 2026↗

Death-overs bowling economy in IPL 2026

Bhuvneshwar Kumar death-overs economy 8.7 in IPL 2026 (144 balls, 10 wickets).

8.7n=144 death-overs balls bowled · IPL 2026↗

Middle-overs bowling economy in IPL 2026

Bhuvneshwar Kumar middle-overs economy 9.6 in IPL 2026 (30 balls, 1 wickets).

9.6n=30 middle-overs balls bowled · IPL 2026↗

P4 — Season comparatives

3 claims

Royal Challengers Bengaluru appearance rank, IPL 2026

Bhuvneshwar Kumar ranks #6 of 21 CricketStudio-tracked Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (16 matches).

#6 of 21n=21-player RCB cohort · IPL 2026 to date

Runs scored in IPL 2026

Bhuvneshwar Kumar scored 34 runs in IPL 2026 (4 innings, avg 0.0).

34n=4 innings · IPL 2026↗

Wickets in IPL 2026

Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 28 wickets in IPL 2026 (economy 8.0).

28n=378 balls bowled · IPL 2026↗

P2 — Moments

3 claims

IPL 2026 Player of the Match awards

Bhuvneshwar Kumar won Player of the Match in IPL 2026 — most recently vs MI on 2026-05-10.

1 POTMn=1 fixture · IPL 2026 to date

IPL 2026 best bowling in an innings

Bhuvneshwar Kumar's best IPL 2026 bowling: 4/23 in 4 overs vs MI on 2026-05-10.

4/23n=1 innings (4 overs bowled) · IPL 2026 to date

IPL 2026 best non-opening partnership

Bhuvneshwar Kumar's best non-opening IPL 2026 partnership: 33* for the 9th wicket with Venkatesh Iyer vs RR on 2026-04-10.

33* runs (9th-wkt)n=1 partnership · 17 balls · IPL 2026 to date

P1 — Match recaps

2 claims

IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance

Bhuvneshwar Kumar took the field for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL 2026 fixture vs GT on 2026-05-31 (fixture 69668).

RCB vs GTn=1 match · 2026-05-31 (fixture 69668)

IPL 2026 first appearance

Bhuvneshwar Kumar first appeared in IPL 2026 on 2026-03-28 vs SRH (fixture 69518).

2026-03-28n=1 fixture · IPL 2026 to date

Career snapshot

Multi-format reach. IPL 2026 derived from ball-by-ball capture; non-IPL formats deferred to Phase C per methodology.

Format	Mat	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	100	50	HS
IPL 2026	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
IPL career	75	75	354	9.3	94.1	0	0	27

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	BBI	5w
IPL 2026	16	16	29	16.7	7.7	4/22	0
IPL career	206	206	227	26	7.69	—	0

IPL career before 2026

Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 198 wickets in 190 pre-2026 IPL matches (2011–2025), economy 7.69.

Batting by season

Season	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	SR	Avg	4s	6s
2011	Pune Warriors India	1	1	1	—	—	0	0
2012	Pune Warriors India	8	40	11	100	13.33	4	0
2013	Pune Warriors India	9	52	24	73.2	7.43	3	1
2014	SRH	2	1	1	—	1	0	0
2015	SRH	3	17	11	—	17	2	1
2016	SRH	8	43	21	—	7.17	6	1
2017	SRH	2	4	4	—	4	0	0
2018	SRH	4	13	7	—	6.5	1	0
2019	SRH	4	12	7	—	4	1	0
2020/21	SRH	1	0	0	—	0	0	0
2021	SRH	7	34	14	113.3	34	3	0
2022	SRH	6	24	8	—	8	3	0
2023	SRH	5	42	27	89.4	14	4	0
2024	SRH	5	23	13	—	7.67	3	0
2025	RCB	6	14	8	—	4.67	1	0
Career	Pune Warriors India, RCB, SRH	71	320	27	91.4	8.42	31	3

Bowling by season

Season	Mat	Wkts	Econ	Avg	SR
2011	4	3	6.09	22.33	22
2012	11	8	7.21	35.13	29.3
2013	16	13	6.51	28.54	26.3
2014	14	20	6.66	17.7	16
2015	14	18	7.88	22.61	17.2
2016	17	23	7.42	21.3	17.2
2017	14	26	7.05	14.19	12.1
2018	12	9	7.67	39.33	30.8
2019	15	13	7.81	35.46	27.2
2020/21	4	3	6.99	33	28.3
2021	11	6	7.98	55.83	42
2022	14	12	7.34	31.92	26.1
2023	14	16	8.33	26.56	19.1
2024	16	11	9.35	48.45	31.1
2025	14	17	9.29	28.41	18.4
Career	190	198	7.69	27.33	21.3

Recent form — last 4 innings

P3 · Form

Date	Match	Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s	Dismissal	Result
2026-05-10	RCB vs MI	7*	2	350.0	0	1	Not out	W
2026-04-30	GT vs RCB	15*	15	100.0	2	0	Not out	L
2026-04-18	RCB vs DC	3*	2	150.0	0	0	Not out	L
2026-04-10	RR vs RCB	9*	7	128.6	1	0	Not out	L

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored

Match	Runs	Balls	SR	Date
vs GT · Narendra Modi Stadium	15*	15	100.0	2026-04-30
vs RR · Barsapara Cricket Stadium	9*	7	128.6	2026-04-10
vs MI · Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium	7*	2	350.0	2026-05-10
vs DC · M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	3*	2	150.0	2026-04-18

Batting positions · IPL 2026

Batted at position #10 consistently.

Pos	Inn	Runs	Balls	SR	Avg
#10 tail	4	34	26	130.8	—

Source: SETU canonical aggregate. Position = first appearance in ball stream per innings.

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team

vs Team	Inn	Runs	Balls	SR	Avg	4s	6s	HS
GT	1	15	15	100.0	—	2	0	15*
RR	1	9	7	128.6	—	1	0	9*
MI	1	7	2	350.0	—	0	1	7*
DC	1	3	2	150.0	—	0	0	3*

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →

Venue	Inn	Runs	Balls	SR	Avg	4s	6s	HS
Narendra Modi Stadium	1	15	15	100.0	—	2	0	15*
Barsapara Cricket Stadium	1	9	7	128.6	—	1	0	9*
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium	1	7	2	350.0	—	0	1	7*
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	1	3	2	150.0	—	0	0	3*

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

Sample-size floor: ≥5 deliveries per matchup. Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sorted by delivery count. Each row links to the full match-by-match record at /h2h.

As bowler

vs batter	Balls	Runs	SR conceded	Dots
Sai Sudharsan	26	30	115.4	10
Shubman Gill	20	19	95.0	10
Jos Buttler	17	21	123.5	5
Mitchell Marsh	15	24	160.0	5
Washington Sundar	13	16	123.1	3
Abhishek Sharma	10	17	170.0	4
Sarfaraz Khan	10	18	180.0	6
Vaibhav Suryavanshi	9	24	266.7	4
Tristan Stubbs	9	17	188.9	0
Arshin Kulkarni	9	7	77.8	5
Nicholas Pooran	9	17	188.9	2
Rinku Singh	9	19	211.1	1

Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sub-5-delivery matchups excluded per doctrine §3.1.

vs Bowling type

L2 · Conditional≥30 balls floor

vs Pace

147.8

SR of 147.8 vs pace bowling — 23 balls faced · sub-floor

23 balls·1 6s

vs Spin

0.0

SR of 0.0 vs spin bowling — 3 balls faced · sub-floor

3 balls·0 6s

Full breakdown at /players/bhuvneshwar-kumar/by-bowling-type · Source: SETU conditional aggregate

Drill into the data

Every dimension below is computed from ball-by-ball record. Pages with insufficient sample render an explicit disclosure.

Research mentioning Bhuvneshwar

Leaderboards and research reports where this player appears.

IPL 2026

Purple cap — most wickets — IPL 2026

Bhuvneshwar ranks #2 with 28 (378 legal deliveries bowled).

2026-07-25 ↗

IPL 2026

Best bowling economy rates — IPL 2026

Bhuvneshwar ranks #4 with 7.95 (378 legal deliveries bowled).

2026-07-25 ↗

IPL 2026

Best death-overs economy — IPL 2026

Bhuvneshwar ranks #12 with 8.67 (144 legal deliveries in death overs (overs 17–20)).

2026-07-25 ↗

IPL 2026

Best powerplay economy — IPL 2026

Bhuvneshwar ranks #5 with 6.68 (204 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6)).

2026-07-25 ↗

IPL 2026

Death Overs Intelligence

Who wins and loses IPL 2026 overs 16–20 — economy leaders, strike-rate leaders, and all 10 teams compared. Ball-by-ball provenance throughout.

2026-06-01

Related entities

Plays for

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Most-faced bowlers (IPL career)

DJ Bravo · 19 balls Jason Holder · 18 balls Cameron Green · 12 balls Rashid Khan · 11 balls Sunil Narine · 10 balls Lungi Ngidi · 10 balls Arshdeep Singh · 8 balls Noor Ahmad · 8 balls

Venues played at

Barsapara Cricket Stadium · 1 match M.Chinnaswamy Stadium · 1 match Narendra Modi Stadium · 1 match Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium · 1 match

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Frequently asked

Who is Bhuvneshwar Kumar?▾

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is an Indian cricketer playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2026 as a bowler (right arm fast medium), right-handed batter born in Meerut.

Which IPL 2026 team does Bhuvneshwar play for?▾

Bhuvneshwar Kumar plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2026.

How many IPL 2026 matches has Bhuvneshwar appeared in?▾

Bhuvneshwar Kumar appeared in 16 IPL 2026 matches (16-fixture sample) for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, most recently on 2026-05-31.

What was Bhuvneshwar's most recent IPL 2026 performance?▾

Bhuvneshwar Kumar's top opponent (bowling) in IPL 2026: GT — 8 wickets in 4 matches (econ 7.25).

What is Bhuvneshwar's bowling style?▾

Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls right arm fast medium.

How many wickets has Bhuvneshwar taken in IPL 2026?▾

Bhuvneshwar Kumar's top opponent (bowling) in IPL 2026: GT — 8 wickets in 4 matches (econ 7.25).

What is Bhuvneshwar's death-overs bowling economy in IPL 2026?▾

Bhuvneshwar Kumar concedes 8.67 runs per over in IPL 2026 death overs (144-ball sample, #11 of 66 qualifying bowlers).

What is Bhuvneshwar's standout performance in IPL 2026?▾

Bhuvneshwar Kumar won Player of the Match in IPL 2026 — most recently vs MI on 2026-05-10.

How regular is Bhuvneshwar in the Royal Challengers Bengaluru lineup?▾

Bhuvneshwar Kumar ranks #6 of 21 CricketStudio-tracked Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (16 matches).

Where is Bhuvneshwar from?▾

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is Indian, born in Meerut.

Where can I find Bhuvneshwar's full IPL 2026 stats?▾

Ball-by-ball stats, phase splits, and atomic claims for Bhuvneshwar Kumar are available at players.cricketstudio.ai/players/bhuvneshwar-kumar — all figures include sample-size provenance and computation timestamps.

When was Bhuvneshwar born?▾

Bhuvneshwar Kumar was born on 5 February 1990.

Is Bhuvneshwar a right-hand or left-hand batter?▾

Bhuvneshwar Kumar bats right-handed.

What is Bhuvneshwar's powerplay bowling economy in IPL 2026?▾

Bhuvneshwar Kumar powerplay economy 6.7 in IPL 2026 (204 balls, 17 wickets).

Identity & cross-references

CricketStudio resolves Bhuvneshwar Kumar to one canonical entity ID, mapped to every major cricket database. This is how AI systems and developers cite the same player across sources without ambiguity.

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Canonical ID · cs_player_326016

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Phase analysis — IPL 2026