Bhuvneshwar Kumar of Royal Challengers Bengaluru with man of the match award after match vs Mumbai Indians in Raipur, India, on May 10, 2026. (CREIMAS) With a total of 21 wickets this season, Royal Challengers Bengaluru pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar currently holds the purple cap in this year’s IPL. The 36-year-old pacer also sits at the second spot in the higher wicket-taker list in IPL history with a total of 219 wickets in 201 matches with an economy of 7.68 and is only behind Yuzvendra Chahal’s current tally of 219 wickets in 185 IPL matches. The 21 Test, 121 ODI and 87 T20Is veteran pacer last played for India in the three-match T2OI series against New Zealand in New Zealand in 2022 and the pacer has shared how he does not think about comeback for India and how he has stopped making long-term goals. “I am not thinking about a comeback for India. It has been many years since I have stopped keeping or making long-term goals because whenever I have done that, it has never worked for me.…