The 50th league match of the 19th season of the Indian Premier League is being played between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore team at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. In this match, RCB team captain Rajat Patidar has decided to bowl first after winning the toss. In this match, experienced Indian fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar, playing for RCB, achieved a big achievement in his name by coming on the field, in which he also became a part of a special list.
Bhuvneshwar became the first fast bowler to achieve this feat
In IPL history, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has become the first fast bowler who has managed to complete the figure of 200 matches. So far this season, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has seen excellent performance with the ball, in which he has taken 17 wickets in 9 matches. Expressing his happiness on completing 200 matches, Bhuvneshwar Kumar said about this achievement that it is really very special, playing 200 matches is a big achievement in itself. I am feeling very happy. I think the best thing is that I am achieving this feat with the team that won the trophy last season and what could have been better for me.
Only the 12th player to complete the figure of 200 matches in IPL
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has become only the 12th player in IPL history who has been successful in playing 200 or more matches. In this list, the name of MS Dhoni is at the first place, who has played a total of 278 matches in IPL till now, while the names of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are at the second and third place. So far in this list, only Indian players have been successful in achieving this feat in terms of playing 200 or more matches, whereas Sunil Narine has played the maximum number of matches as a foreign player in the IPL, who has played a total of 197 matches so far.
| player | total matches |
| ms dhoni | 278 matches |
| Rohit Sharma | 277 matches |
| Virat Kohli | 277 matches |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 264 matches |
| Dinesh Karthik | 257 matches |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 222 matches |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 221 matches |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 207 matches |
| Suresh Raina | 205 matches |
| Robin Uthappa | 205 matches |
| Ambati Rayudu | 204 matches |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 200 matches |
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