By: Vaishali Mehta
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 27, is one of the excellent new ball bowlers, who regularly pick wickets at the start of the innings. He can swing the ball, and make it real threat for the opposition batsmen.
Controlling the swing and maintaining a disciplined line and length are his abilities which makes him special.
Over the last year he also developed a pedigree as a death bowler. In the recent concluded IPL, the Indian pacer was the highest wicket taker with 26 wickets. He is one of the cricketer who has profound knowledge about the game.
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Bhuvi has been one of the vital aspect of Indian pace bowling. He has a smart cricketing brain. In an interview, the Meerut pacer revealed how he developed and trained the strength to generate extra pace.
His bowling skills prove to be real asset for India in swing friendly condition in England. Bhuvneshwar has picked up 11 wickets in the 9 games he has played on the English soil.
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This year India hopes that champions trophy will be largely dependant on how their pacers bowl and Bhuvneshwar’s performance will be even more key for India’s chances considering he will be equally useful in the death overs.
Australia’s captain Steve Smith mentioned Bhuvneshwar as one of the bowlers to watch out for in the upcoming Champions Trophy having seen him very closely during the IPL and his side’s tour of India.
