Bhuvneshwar Kumar has become the first Indian fast bowler to take 150 wickets in IPL history. Bhuvneshwar reached the milestone on Sunday while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Punjab Kings in an IPL 2022 match.
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Overall, the SRH star is the third fast bowler to do so in the IPL after Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga and West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo.
Additionally, when Bhuvneshwar dismissed PBKS stand-in captain and opener Shikhar Dhawan, he surpassed Zaheer Khan to become the highest wicket-taker in the Indian Premier League’s powerplay overs. Dhawan’s scalp was his 53rd in the powerplay which is now the most by any bowler in the history of the league.
The 32-year-old put on an impressive performance for SRH on Sunday as he took 3/22 in his four overs and combined with Umran Malik (4/28) to bowl PBKS down to 151 in 20 overs.
Overall, a total of seven bowlers have managed to touch the 150-wicket milestone since the start of the IPL. Bravo leads the charts with 174 wickets and is followed by Lasith Malinga (170) at second position and Amit Mishra (166) in third place.
Piyush Chawla (157), Yuzvendra Chahal (151) and Harbhajan Singh (150) are the other three bowlers who have achieved the milestone.
Bhuvneshwar played four matches in IPL 2022 before being ruled out due to injury. He played 11 matches last season and took just six wickets in them and was not retained by SRH, who kept Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad and Malik.
Although in the IPL 2022 mega auction. SRH bought him back for Rs 4.2 crore.
SRH performed badly in IPL 2021 as they managed to win only three out of their 14 matches and finished last among the eight teams. And their ongoing campaign also started on a disappointing note, with the 2016 winners savoring successive defeats before coming back with three straight victories.
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