Overview
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar hit the 200-wicket mark by removing Ayush Mhatre at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, finishing with 3/41 as Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs.
- He now sits on 202 wickets from 192 matches, ranking second on the IPL’s all-time list behind Yuzvendra Chahal on 224.
- He called the achievement a full-circle moment because his IPL career began with RCB in 2009.
- He said the milestone came from years of steady work and from adapting to T20 with variations and smarter field placements.
- He remains the only player to win the IPL Purple Cap in back-to-back seasons, doing so in 2016 and 2017, a rarity for bowlers in this format.