Bhuvneshwar Kumar made a new record while playing against the Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Cricket Stadium in Jaipur. This was the 300th T20 match of his career. Bhuvneshwar, who is known as one of the most successful fast bowlers in IPL history, became the first Indian fast bowler to reach this milestone. Some pace bowling all-rounders are also part of this list, but no Indian fast bowler has done it before. Bhuvneshwar is playing for RCB in IPL 2025, and the franchise bought him for ₹10.75 crore during the mega-auction.

Bhuvi became the first Indian fast bowler to play 300 T20 matches

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has created history by becoming the first Indian pacer to play 300 T20 matches. However, his performance this season has not been very impressive. So far, he has taken only 6 wickets in 6 matches.

Bhuvi’s T20 and IPL Journey

Bhuvneshwar started his T20 career with RCB in the 2009 Champions League. Later, he made his IPL debut in 2011 for Pune Warriors. He played for RCB till 2013 and joined Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2014. Bhuvneshwar remained with the Hyderabad team till 2024.

Most T20 Matches by Indian Fast Bowlers

Here is the list of Indian pacers with the most T20 matches:

  1. Bhuvneshwar Kumar — 300 matches
  2. Hardik Pandya — 291 matches
  3. Jasprit Bumrah — 234 matches
  4. Harshal Patel — 204 matches
  5. Sandeep Sharma — 201 matches

Last T20 International Match 3 Years Ago

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has not played any T20 International match for India in the last 3 years. His last match was in 2022. He has taken 90 wickets in 87 T20I matches for India. He made his T20I debut against Pakistan, where he took 3 wickets in his very first match.

RCB won the match by 9 wickets

Talking about the match, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Rajasthan Royals by 9 wickets. RCB chased down the target of 174 runs with ease, thanks to Virat Kohli’s unbeaten innings of 62 runs.