Bhuvneshwar Kumar Turns 35 - Interesting Facts About The Indian Pacer

Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar turned 35 on Wednesday, February 5. The veteran pacer last played international cricket for India in November 2022 and since then has been out of the side.

With the new team management under Gautam Gambhir and Ajit Agarkar testing out new pacers and most of them young, Bhuvi has fallen out of favour. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami are the only two senior pacers around for India. In such a scenario, Bhuvneshwar Kumar's experience would have been a great boost for the Indian team.

With Bumrah ruled out of the Champions Trophy and Shami on his way to full fitness, Bhuvi would have been an ideal foil for the two pacers in the upcoming Champions Trophy. He bowls across all phases of every format and hence would have been a great addition to the side.

So far, he has played 21 Test matches, 121 ODIs and 87 T20I matches. For a long time, he was India's highest wicket-taker in T20Is with 90 scalps. Yuzvendra Chahal went past him some time ago and now Arshdeep Singh too. The left-arm pacer is India's new swing king in T20Is.

However, Bhuvi's biggest quality was to swing the ball across formats whenever he played. He got the ball to come in sharply off the deck as well after pitching. He has dismissed several batters with his deadly inswing very famously Aaron Finch in recent times.

Interesting Facts About Bhuvneshwar Kumar

1. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the first Indian bowler to take fifers across formats in international cricket.
2. He is the only Indian bowler to dismiss Sachin Tendulkar for a duck in first-class cricket.
3. He was also named in ICC’s Team of the Tournament after India’s Champions Trophy triumph in 2013.
4. Bhuvneshwar was the highest wicket-taker at the 2022 Asia Cup with 11 scalps in 5 innings.
5. He won the Purple Cap Twice in the IPL in 2016 and 2017.
6. He is also the SRH's leading wicket-taker with 157 scalps in 145 games.
7. Bhuvneshwar is out of the Indian team since November 2022.
8. He has won three Player of the Series awards in his T20I career.
9. He has bowled sixth-most maidens in T20I cricket (10).
10. Bhuvneshwar is fondly known as Bhuvi in Indian cricket.

Stats And Facts About Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has 294 international wickets from 229 international matches for Team India. He has played several ICC tournaments for India. He was a part of India's CT 2013 champion squad. He also played the 2014 T20 World Cup and the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. Since making his debut in the IPL in 2011, Bhuvi has taken 181 wickets in 176 games, the fourth-highest in the league.