New Delhi, April 28 -- Indian pace veteran Bhuvneshwar Kumar brought the recently-used internet trend '2026 is the new 2016' alive with a scorching powerplay spell for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) against Delhi Capitals (DC) at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday, which brought back the Purple Cap back on his head a decade after he secured the honour for the first time as a part of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) 2016 IPL title winning team.

Currently, as things stand, Bhuvneshwar has 14 wickets in the tournament so far at an average of 16.85 and an economy rate of 7.61, a strike rate of 13.28, with best figures of 3/5. Among the bowlers with 10 wickets this season, Bhuvi holds the best bowling average and economy rate. With Jofra Archer (13 ...