Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who once spearheaded the limited overs fast bowling attack for the Indian team, has been out of the team for the past two years, but his performance was seen in the IPL 2025 mega auction. Bhuvneshwar, who was part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad team in the last IPL season, has not been retained by his franchise this time. In the mega auction, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team made Bhuvneshwar a part of their team by spending 10.75 crore rupees from their own purse. Bhuvneshwar is counted among the legendary bowlers of IPL.
Lucknow and Mumbai Indians also showed interest in Bhubaneswar.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar may have been out of Team India for the past two years, but when his name was called in the mega auction, apart from RCB, Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants also showed interest in including him in their squad. In this, Mumbai Indians first made the opening bid to buy Bhubaneswar, then Lucknow Super Giants also joined in and both raised the bid to Rs 10 crore. After this, when Mumbai took themselves out of the race, Lucknow thought they would succeed in taking Bhuvneshwar, but meanwhile Royal Challengers Bangalore stepped in and raised the bid to Rs 10.75 crore, after which Lucknow also backed out and RCB succeeded. His team includes Bhubaneswar.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s performance in IPL so far has been like this
If we look at the performance of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who won the Purple Cap in IPL, Bhuvi has managed to take 181 wickets at an average of 27.23 in 176 matches in this T20 league, in which he has also taken 5 wickets. He has managed to take two wickets in one match. Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s economy rate in IPL has been 7.56.
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