Bowlers With Most Of The Times Taking More Than 20 Wickets In An IPL Season: Bangalore defeated Mumbai by four wickets in match 54 of the IPL 2026 season on the last ball after restrictive bowlers could only allow Mumbai to score 166 runs while batting first.
On this occasion, RCB’s bowlers showed their quality by limiting the Mumbai Indians to just 166 runs with Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s four wickets destroying the Mumbai lineup.
This outstanding bowling in the match also allowed Bhuvneshwar Kumar to match the milestones set by both Jasprit Bumrah and Lasith Malinga at the IPL level.
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Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s Major Feat in the IPL: A Remarkable Achievement for the Fourth Time
Bhuvi, considered one of the best bowlers ever in the history of the IPL, added to his total of 21 wickets for the season when he took 4 wickets against the Mumbai Indians this match.
With 21 wickets, Bhuvneshwar Kumar becomes just the third bowler in IPL history to take 20+ wickets in the same season four times in his career.
He joins Lasith Malinga and Jasprit Bumrah, who have also done it four times respectively in their careers. The only player with more is Yuzvendra Chahal, who currently has 5 seasons of 20+ wickets.
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Bowlers With Most Of The Times Taking More Than 20 Wickets In An IPL Season
Yuzvendra Chahal – 5 times
Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 4 times
Jasprit Bumrah – 4 times
Lasith Malinga – 4 times
Once again Bhuvi has won the 2026 Purple Cap IPL. This year, so far, he has taken 21 wickets while playing 11 games this season with a fantastic average of 15.28 and a great economy rate of 7.46 over this period so his level of performance has been wonderfully high.