Bhuvneshwar Kumar
85India · PACE · 2012 to 2022 · on scorecards: B Kumar
BATTING
- Matches
- 121
- Innings
- 55
- Runs
- 552
- Average
- 14.15
- Strike rate
- 73.89
- High score
- 53*
- 100s / 50s
- 0 / 1
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 141
- Average
- 35.11
- Economy
- 5.08
- Strike rate
- 41.4
- Best figures
- 5/42
- 4w / 5w
- 4 / 1
- Catches / Stumpings
- 29 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 9
CAREER IN BRIEF
Bhuvneshwar Kumar played 121 ODIs for India in CricArcade's archive, from 2012 to 2022. The first came against Pakistan at MA Chidambaram Stadium, with 2 wickets, and the last against South Africa at Boland Park in 2022.
The most productive decade was the 2010s: 132 wickets at 34.6 in 114 ODIs. The best bowling is 5 for 42 against Sri Lanka at R Premadasa Stadium in 2017. In all: 1 five-wicket haul.
With the ball: 50 wickets at 40.6 at home and 53 wickets at 37.1 away. The most wickets came against Australia: 23 wickets at 35.6 in 18 ODIs. Queen's Park Oval was the most frequent ground, with 7 ODIs and 15 wickets at 9.9. The scorecards record 5 player-of-the-match awards. India won 76 of the ODIs Bhuvneshwar Kumar played and lost 42.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 121 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53* | 80 | Sri Lanka | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium | 2017 | Won |
| 46 | 54 | Australia | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 2019 | Lost |
| 32* | 30 | Australia | MA Chidambaram Stadium | 2017 | Won |
| 31 | 30 | England | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium | 2013 | Lost |
| 29* | 23 | Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2019 | Lost |
BEST BOWLING
| Figures | Overs | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/42 | 9.4 | Sri Lanka | R Premadasa Stadium | 2017 | Won |
| 4/8 | 6 | Sri Lanka | Queen's Park Oval | 2013 | Won |
| 4/31 | 8 | West Indies | Queen's Park Oval | 2019 | Won |
| 4/33 | 10 | Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club | 2015 | Won |
| 4/45 | 10 | Australia | Adelaide Oval | 2019 | Won |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 18 | 158 | 22.57 | 0/0 | 23 | 35.61 |
| West Indies | 18 | 43 | 10.75 | 0/0 | 19 | 28.68 |
| England | 17 | 82 | 16.40 | 0/0 | 16 | 41.88 |
| South Africa | 16 | 60 | 10.00 | 0/0 | 15 | 57.53 |
| Sri Lanka | 15 | 72 | 24.00 | 0/1 | 20 | 31.25 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 74 | 9.25 | 0/0 | 19 | 34.00 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 3 | 1.50 | 0/0 | 14 | 23.57 |
| Bangladesh | 7 | 51 | 17.00 | 0/0 | 9 | 31.00 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | – | 0/0 | 5 | 16.00 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | – | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 | – | 0/0 | 1 | 19.00 |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 44 | 256 | 15.06 | 0/0 | 50 | 40.62 |
| Away | 50 | 258 | 17.20 | 0/1 | 53 | 37.08 |
| Neutral | 27 | 38 | 5.43 | 0/0 | 38 | 25.13 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 114 | 526 | 14.22 | 0/1 | 132 | 34.61 |
| 2020s | 7 | 26 | 13.00 | 0/0 | 9 | 42.56 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's Park Oval | 7 | 1 | 0.50 | 0/0 | 15 | 9.93 |
| Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium | 6 | 31 | 10.33 | 0/0 | 10 | 29.10 |
| Edgbaston | 6 | 3 | 3.00 | 0/0 | 8 | 22.38 |
| Dubai International Cricket Stadium | 5 | 30 | 15.00 | 0/0 | 6 | 29.33 |
| Kennington Oval | 5 | 1 | – | 0/0 | 8 | 25.38 |
| Shere Bangla National Stadium | 4 | 28 | 28.00 | 0/0 | 4 | 37.50 |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v Pakistan, 2012 at MA Chidambaram Stadium
- Latest in the archive: v South Africa, 2022 at Boland Park
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 5 February 1990
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm medium
- Balls faced (career)
- 747
- Ducks
- 8
- Four-wicket hauls
- 4
- Most common batting position
- 9th
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 42.1
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 91.1
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 22.1
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 21.6
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 746 balls faced in that period.
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