Bhuvneshwar Kumar has become only the fifth bowler with five T20 five-fors in men’s T20s, achieving the feat during the 2023 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy clash between Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has an impressive T20 record, picking up 282 wickets in 267 games at an average of 24.675 with four five-wicket hauls and as many five-fors, the latest of which came on Wednesday in a domestic T20 game in India.

Playing for Uttar Pradesh, he went on to take the last five Karnataka wickets and etch his name in record books with five five-wicket hauls in the format. David Wiese (six) currently has the most T20 five-fors, while Lasith Malinga, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shakib Al Hasan also have five each.

No other Indian has even four five-fors, though Lukman Meriwala and Ankit Rajpoot have three each in T20s.

It was Bhuvneshwar’s second five-wicket haul in 2023. He had earlier picked up a five-for in the IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans. He also has two T20I five-fors, against South Africa in 2018 and against Afghanistan last year.

Overall, Bhuvneshwar is the 13th-highest wicket-taker in men’s T20s among quicks and has the most scalps among Indian fast bowlers. Malinga and Mohammad Amir are the only two fast bowlers to pick up 280 T20 wickets and have a better economy rate than Kumar (7.20).

Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s T20 five-fors:

5-19, Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kings XI Punjab – IPL 2017
5-24, India vs South Africa – 2018
5-4, India vs Afghanistan, 2022
5-30, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Gujarat Titans, 2023
5-16, Uttar Pradesh vs Karnataka, 2023