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Bhuvneshwar Kumar
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
BK
229Internationals
1,171Career runs
0Centuries
294Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 21
- Innings
- 29
- Runs
- 552
- Average
- 22.08
- Strike rate
- 45.06
- Highest score
- 63*
- Not outs
- 4
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 3
- Ducks
- 4
- 4s
- 77
- 6s
- 1
- Balls faced
- 1,225
Bowling
- Matches
- 21
- Innings
- 37
- Balls
- 3,348
- Maidens
- 141
- Runs conceded
- 1,644
- Wickets
- 63
- Average
- 26.09
- Economy
- 2.94
- Strike rate
- 53.14
- Best innings
- 6/82
- Best match
- 8/96
- 4 wickets
- 3
- 5 wickets
- 4
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 21
- Innings
- 38
- Catches
- 8
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 8
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 8
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.210
- Best innings
- 2 (2ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 121
- Innings
- 55
- Runs
- 552
- Average
- 14.15
- Strike rate
- 73.89
- Highest score
- 53*
- Not outs
- 16
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 1
- Ducks
- 8
- 4s
- 46
- 6s
- 8
- Balls faced
- 747
Bowling
- Matches
- 121
- Innings
- 120
- Balls
- 5,847
- Maidens
- 68
- Runs conceded
- 4,951
- Wickets
- 141
- Average
- 35.11
- Economy
- 5.08
- Strike rate
- 41.46
- Best innings
- 5/42
- Best match
- 5/42
- 4 wickets
- 4
- 5 wickets
- 1
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 121
- Innings
- 120
- Catches
- 29
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 29
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 29
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.241
- Best innings
- 2 (2ct 0st)
T20I
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 87
- Innings
- 21
- Runs
- 67
- Average
- 8.37
- Strike rate
- 71.27
- Highest score
- 16
- Not outs
- 13
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 2
- 4s
- 0
- 6s
- 0
- Balls faced
- 94
Bowling
- Matches
- 87
- Innings
- 86
- Balls
- 1,791
- Maidens
- 10
- Runs conceded
- 2,079
- Wickets
- 90
- Average
- 23.10
- Economy
- 6.96
- Strike rate
- 19.90
- Best innings
- 5/4
- Best match
- 5/4
- 4 wickets
- 3
- 5 wickets
- 2
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 87
- Innings
- 86
- Catches
- 15
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 15
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 15
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.174
- Best innings
- 2 (2ct 0st)
Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.
Explore this player’s available match data
233 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-22 | New Zealand v India | T20I | Match tied |
| 2022-11-20 | India v New Zealand | T20I | India won by 65 runs |
| 2022-11-18 | India v New Zealand | T20I | No result |
| 2022-11-10 | India v England | T20I | England won by 10 wickets |
| 2022-11-06 | India v Zimbabwe | T20I | India won by 71 runs |
| 2022-11-02 | India v Bangladesh | T20I | India won by 5 runs |
| 2022-10-30 | India v South Africa | T20I | South Africa won by 5 wickets |
| 2022-10-23 | Pakistan v India | T20I | India won by 4 wickets |
| 2022-09-25 | Australia v India | T20I | India won by 6 wickets |
| 2022-09-20 | India v Australia | T20I | Australia won by 4 wickets |
| 2022-09-08 | Afghanistan v India | T20I | India won by 101 runs |
| 2022-09-06 | India v Sri Lanka | T20I | Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 4 | 101 | 33 | 33.66 | 40.07 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 252 | 4 | 10 | 20.30 | 3.02 | 40.20 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 7.00 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 11 | 21.00 | 2.67 | 47.18 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 9.25 | 42.04 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 88 | 7 | 13 | 15.00 | 2.27 | 39.53 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 30 | 50.00 | 47.61 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 105 | 2 | 1 | 168.00 | 4.00 | 252.00 |
| 2014 | 5 | 10 | 247 | 63 | 27.44 | 47.77 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 517 | 7 | 19 | 26.63 | 2.92 | 54.57 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | 96 | 38 | 19.20 | 43.43 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 221 | 11 | 9 | 37.88 | 3.27 | 69.33 |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 36.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 7.27 | N/A |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 22.00 | 66.66 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 9 | 28.00 | 5.25 | 32.00 |
| 2019 | 19 | 8 | 86 | 46 | 12.28 | 81.90 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 105 | 19 | 33 | 23.75 | 5.23 | 27.24 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6 | 92 | 21 | 23.00 | 71.31 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 129 | 13 | 11 | 44.27 | 5.29 | 50.18 |
| 2017 | 23 | 7 | 132 | 53 | 44.00 | 76.74 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 172 | 23 | 28 | 33.89 | 5.05 | 40.25 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 6.52 | N/A |
| 2015 | 12 | 9 | 49 | 25 | 8.16 | 62.02 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 79 | 12 | 15 | 37.20 | 5.66 | 39.40 |
| 2014 | 16 | 8 | 62 | 20 | 7.75 | 95.38 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 65 | 16 | 14 | 45.35 | 4.62 | 58.85 |
| 2013 | 25 | 12 | 94 | 31 | 13.42 | 72.86 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 129 | 25 | 28 | 33.85 | 4.66 | 43.50 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13.50 | 3.00 | 27.00 |
T20I
Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3.33 | 55.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 29 | 34 | 20.58 | 7.16 | 17.23 |
| 2021 | 12 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 34.00 | 72.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 12 | 12 | 22.25 | 6.59 | 20.25 |
| 2019 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 33.87 | 8.21 | 24.75 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | N/A | 200.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 22.16 | 6.54 | 20.33 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3.00 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 34.00 | 7.18 | 28.40 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 79.00 | 9.87 | 48.00 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4.50 | 112.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 50.50 | 7.21 | 42.00 |
| 2014 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 25.75 | 5.42 | 28.50 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11.66 | 8.75 | 8.00 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | N/A | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13.75 | 6.87 | 12.00 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
T20I v Pakistan · M Chinnaswamy Stadium
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v England · Trent Bridge
- Highest recorded innings · 63* runs
Test v England · Trent Bridge
- Best recorded bowling · 6/82
Test v England · Lord's
- Latest available scorecard
T20I v New Zealand · McLean Park, Napier