Bhuvneshwar Kumar etched his name in record books and created history when he took the field for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 28th match of IPL 2025. Bhuvneshwar joined RCB for a huge amount of Rs 10.75 crore and he is their lead pacer in the T20 league.

Bhuvneshwar, who has scalped 6 wickets in IPL 2025 so far, created history and became the first Indian pacer to play 300 T20s (including pace-bowling all-rounders). He has 316 wickets in the shortest format so far.

Bhuvneshwar, who last played for India in 2022, has donned 87 T20I caps. He scalped 90 wickets for the Men in Blue. The right-arm pacer made a dream start to his T20I career and scalped a wicket in his first over against Pakistan. He finished his spell with figures of 4-0-9-3.

Bhuvneshwar made his T20 debut for RCB back in the 2009 Champions League. He made his IPL debut for Pune Warriors in 2011 and stayed with them till 2013. Bhuvneshwar joined Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2014 and had a 10-year stint with them. He returned to RCB in the IPL 2025 mega-auction.

Following Bhuvneshwar on this list is Hardik Pandya. The Mumbai Indians (MI) captain has played 291 T20s. Pandya has been a regular in the T20I team since his debut. He has also captained India in white-ball cricket.

Indian pacers to play most T20s	Matches played
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	300
Hardik Pandya	291
Jasprit Bumrah	234
Harshal Patel	204
Sandeep Sharma	201

He is followed by Jasprit Bumrah, who has played 234 T20s. Bumrah also plays for MI. He made his India T20I debut in 2016. He only plays important T20I matches now. Bumrah has led India in Test and T20I cricket.

With 204 T20 caps, Harshal Patel sits at the fourth spot. He is capped in T20Is. The bowling all-rounder joined Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2025 mega-auction for Rs 8 crore.

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