Mumbai, May 25 -- Former Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) player Vinay Kumar praised pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar for his impact in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season for the defending champions. Kumar said, Bhuvneshwar, along with pacers Josh Hazlewood and Rasikh Salam Dar, will look to treat the IPL 2026 playoffs like any other game.

Bhuvneshwar has been one of the core reasons in RCB's impressive IPL 2026 campaign so far. RCB have capped the group stage campaign off brilliantly as they are at the top of the IPL points table with nine wins in 14 matches. They will now look to defeat the Gujarat Titans (GT) in the Qualifier 1 clash on Tuesday.

Bhuvneshwar leads the wicket-taking charts this season, having scalped 24 wickets in 14 ...