Published 16:08 IST, February 5th 2021

Bhuvneshwar Kumar net worth, IPL salary and personal life on 31st birthday

With his penchant for swinging the ball in the unlikeliest of conditions, Bhuvneshwar Kumar became a mainstay of the Indian team very early in his career.

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At height of his career, a couple years ago, Bhuvneshwar Kumar struck fear in hearts of most opening batsmen. With his penchant for making ball swing in even unlikeliest of conditions, Bhuvi soon became a mainstay of Indian team, but a string of injuries has stalled what could have been a glorious career. As shy but affable bowler turned 31 on Friday, we take a look at his net worth, personal life and IPL salary. 

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar net worth and personal life

According to cakwledge.com, Bhuvneshwar Kumar's net worth in 2021 stands at ₹58 crore. Of this, Bhuvi has earned roughly ₹51 crore from IPL alone. Despite being a Gre A+ player in past, Bhuvi was dropped to Gre A bracket in BCCI's 2019-2020 annual contract anuncements. This gives him a salary of ₹5 crore yer pear excluding any bonuses. He endorses brands like Nutramantra, ASICS and Playerzpot. Bhuvneshwar Kumar married his long-time girlfriend Nupur Nagar in 2017 in a ceremony in his hometown of Meerut. 

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar IPL 2020 price

Bhuvneshwar Kumar me his IPL debut in 2009 for Bangalore. A newbie n, Kumar was brought by side for a mere ₹6 lakh price tag. After retaining him for two years, RCB released Bhuvi in 2011, when he promptly snapped up by w-defunct, Pune Warriors India for a cool ₹20 lakh. Following his highly successful spells with Indian national team, Bhuvi saw his price shoot up to a whopping ₹4.25 crore as he me his debut for his current team, Sunrisers Hyderab in 2014.

Since n, UP-based swing bowlers has stayed loyally by team's side, through ir best and worst years in league, growing to become principal bowler and even a stand-in captain for side. A fee hike in 2018 - coming on back of two successive 'Bowler of tournament' wins - saw Bhuvi's salary go up to an ermous ₹8.5 crores. With him in side, Hyderab won 2016 IPL and reached final of 2018 edition. 

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SRH list of retained players 2021

Despite his long stint with injury in last couple of years and having to pull of IPL 2020 early in series, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has mand to retain his place in SRH squ for 2021. Here is  SRH list of retained players 2021:

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David Warner, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow, W Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Mohamm Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Sam, T Natarajan, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi, Shahbaz Neem, Siddarth Kaul, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Disclaimer: above Bhuvneshwar Kumar net worth and Bhuvneshwar Kumar IPL 2020 price information is sourced from various websites and media reports. website does t guarantee a 100% accuracy of same.

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16:08 IST, February 5th 2021