He currently plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League and Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar was born in Meerut on 5 February 1990 to Kiran Pal Singh, a police officer.

[4][9] In the 2008/09 Ranji Trophy final, he became the first bowler to dismiss Sachin Tendulkar for a duck in first-class cricket.

[10] Following his performances in the 2008/09 Ranji season, he was given an Indian Premier League (IPL) contract by Royal Challengers Bangalore.

[11] In 2011, he was signed by Pune Warriors India, but after the team was dissolved in 2013, he was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹4.25 crores during the 2014 IPL Auction.

[21] During the 2014 tour of England, Kumar took new career-best Test match bowling figures of 6/82 at Lord's; he was named the Indian Player of the Series.

[24] In April 2019, he was named in India's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup[25][26] but was later ruled out of a number of matches due to a leg injury.