Bhuvneshwar Kumar Singh (born 5 February 1990) is an Indian international

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. He currently plays for

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in the

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in domestic cricket. He is considered to be one of the best and most consistent swing bowlers in the world. Kumar swings the ball both ways efficiently, with his inswingers more effective than outswing. Initially starting his career as an opening swing bowler, Bhuvneshwar kumar upgraded his bowling armoury with reverse swing, slower bowls and Yorkers to become a death over specialist too. He made his international debut in December 2012 against

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in December 2012, taking three wickets in an

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. He went on to make his

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(ODI) debut in the series which followed. He is the first Indian bowler to take a

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, ODIs and T20Is.

Early life

Bhuvneshwar Kumar was born into a

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family in

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on 5 February 1990. His sister encouraged him to play cricket and took him to his first coaching centre when he was 13.

Domestic career

Kumar plays for

in domestic cricket; he has also played for

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in the

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and made his first-class debut at the age of 17 against

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. In the 2008/09

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final, he became the first bowler to dismiss

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for a

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Indian Premier League

Following his performances in the 2008/09 Ranji season, he was given an

(IPL) contract by

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. In 2011, he was signed by

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, but after the team was dissolved in 2013, he was bought by

for ₹4.25 crores during the 2014 IPL Auction. In 2016, he played in Sunrisers' team which won the

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, taking 23 wickets and winning the

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as the bowler who took most wickets during the season. In 2018, he was named the team's vice-captain. In the 2022

mega-auction Bhuvi was bought by the

for ₹4.20 crores. In IPL 2022's last league game (SRH v PBKS), he was selected as the captain of SRH as their permanent captain for that session (Kane Williamson) was rested.

International career

Kumar made his international debut at the end of 2012, playing in T20I and ODI matches against Pakistan. He made his Test debut in 2013 and was part of the Indian team which won the 2013 Champions Trophy. He was named in the Team of the Tournament by the

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(ICC). In July 2013, he posted career-best figures of four wickets for eight runs (4/8) against

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in the Tri-Nation tournament. He was the leading wicket taker in the tournament and awarded the Player of the Series. During the 2014 tour of England, Kumar took new career-best Test match bowling figures of 6/82 at Lord's; he was named the Indian Player of the Series. In February 2018, he took a

in a T20I against

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. He became the second Indian bowler to take 5 wickets in T20Is. In January 2019, in the first ODI against Australia, Kumar took his 100th wicket in ODIs. In April 2019, he was named in India's squad for the

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but was later ruled out of a number of matches due to a leg injury. In June 2021, he was named India's vice-captain for their ODI and T20I matches against Sri Lanka and in September 2021, Kumar was named in India's squad for the

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. In June 2022, Kumar was named India's vice-captain for their T20I matches against Ireland.

Personal life

On 23 November 2017, Kumar married Nupur Nagar in

. They became parents to a baby girl named Acsah on 24 November 2021.

References

External links

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar
s profile page on Wisden
Bhuvneshwar Kumar – CricBuzz
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Bhuvneshwar 1990 births Living people Indian cricketers Sunrisers Hyderabad cricketers Pune Warriors India cricketers Uttar Pradesh cricketers Central Zone cricketers India One Day International cricketers India Test cricketers India Twenty20 International cricketers India Blue cricketers Sportspeople from Meerut Cricketers at the 2015 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 2019 Cricket World Cup Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketers