The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 is all set to kick off from March 28 (Pic: AFP)

Ahead of the season, Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) star pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar is falling short of just two wickets of completing his tally of 200 scalps in the league (Pic: AFP)

If he manages to claim the required wickets, Bhuvneshwar will then become the second bowler in the league's history to complete 200 scalps (Pic: AFP)

The first bowler to achieve the feat is the Indian spinner, Yuzvendra Chahal. So far, having played 174 IPL matches, he has bagged 221 wickets in the cash-rich league (Pic: File Pic)

The first match of the upcoming edition of the tournament is set to be played between RCB and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru (Pic: AFP)