Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bowler · Right-hand bat · Right-arm medium
India · Age 36 · No. 15
The numbers
Career record
187
Matches
192
Wickets
7.55
Economy
5/19
Best
Form
Last ten innings
The form trajectory across the most recent appearances.
Steady
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Player intelligence
The read on his game
AI-generated analysis, grounded in his career numbers and role.
Bhuvneshwar has taken 192 wickets at an economy of 7.55. The numbers describe a bowler trusted in the phases that decide matches.
Strengths
- Extracts bounce that most bowlers on these surfaces simply cannot.
- Changes pace late, the slower ball is genuinely difficult to pick.
- A new-ball threat who moves it both ways inside the powerplay.
Ways to get at him
- Can leak through the middle overs once the surface flattens out.
- Left-handers have found him easier to work through the leg side.
Pressure performance
70
Lengths bowled
Venue performance
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium suits his method: 44% of wickets there fall to seam.