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IPL 2026: Bhuvneshwar became the first fast bowler to achieve this big feat in the tournament.
Sandy Verma | May 8, 2026 2:24 PM CST

Sports Desk. In the 50th league match of the 19th season of the Indian Premier League, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 9 runs. In this match played at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, Lucknow Super Giants scored 209 runs in 19 overs. RCB got a revised target of 213 runs. In reply, RCB could score only 203 runs at the loss of six wickets.

In this match, experienced Indian fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar, playing for RCB, registered a big achievement in his name when he entered the field. With this he also became a part of a special list. This was Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s 200th IPL match. With this, he has become the first fast bowler in IPL history to complete the figure of 200 matches. In this season of IPL, Bhuvi has taken 17 wickets in 9 matches.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has become only the 12th player in IPL history who has been successful in playing 200 or more matches. The record of playing the most matches is in the name of MS Dhoni, who has played a total of 278 matches in the IPL so far.

Rohit and Kohli have a chance to break this record of Dhoni

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have played 277-277 matches. The record of playing most matches as a foreign player in IPL is held in the name of Sunil Narine, who has played 197 matches so far. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have a chance to break this record of Dhoni.

PC:espncricinfo


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