Bhuvneshwar Kumar Journey In Cricket

Bhuvneshwar Kumar Journey In Cricket

Bhuvneshwar Kumar Journey In Cricket: Read about a teenage cricket player who had taken Tendulkar down and made him his first ever duck in the domestic circuit.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, born and raised in Meerut, India, made his debut on Christmas Day 2012. Suddenly this 18-year-old Pakistani faced a barrage of white Kookaburra balls at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The bowler was showcasing his swing bowling skills, which proved to be enough to capture the attention of not only the locals but others around the world as well.

The limited-overs format has been the young man’s strength, since he hasn’t found his old touch in quest to find the perfect pace. He’s done well in Tests from England, and is achieving success with his deliveries.

After the home series against West Indies ended, selectors took an opportunity to rest him for the Sri Lanka series. They brought him back in the national side when India toured Australia. Though he missed out on part of Australia’s tour due to an ankle injury, he came back and played in all three Test matches.

Bhuvi was looked to perform well in the 2015 World Cup (the one he did not), but a lack of fitness limited him to playing just one game. He hit his peak in 2016, with two five-wicket hauls.

His career turned for the better when he started to work on his fitness and swing the white Kookaburra with speed and by the Champions’ Trophy in 2017, he along with Jasprit Bumrah, were leading the Indian ODI team’s pace attack. He had also picked up pace, was able to bowl well with the old ball, get his yorkers right and was no longer a “new-ball” specialist that would be bowled out in 20 overs. He had reversed-swing as well as an added weapon and became a problem for batsmen around the world.

In the Test series, he was picked for a lesser difficulty level of conditions. However, as soon as he became an essential asset to the Indian Test team after developing a new pitch with his delivery, he expanded his repertoire enough to be a critical asset to the team.

Before the trip to England in mid-2018, Bhuvneshwar got injured and has been sidelined. However, with his long career ahead of him, India can count on him when they go back to play in England in the 2020 Olympics.

How IPL has changed over the past decade

In the IPL, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has done it all, and is experienced despite being a rookie in 2009. In his first two years at RCB, he didn’t get opportunities to play.

Bhuvi did play a single game in the Champions League against Delhi Daredevils in 2009, but he didn’t get any wickets and was subsequently overlooked for the shorter formats.

Bhvi has been a solid player for Pune Warriors in the IPL for the past two seasons, and will likely continue as one of the team’s key players next season.

With the dissolution of Pune Warriors, SRH signed Bhuvi in 2014 and he began to excel in both international and IPL cricket. He eventually became one of the first players in IPL to use a knuckle ball to his advantage and developed a variety of other tricks. This helped him win the Purple Cap (a prize awarded to those who strike out the most batters) for 2 years straight. Due to injuries that interrupted his rhythm, he was not as successful with SRH this time around, however.

Bowling:

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	21	37	3348	1644	63	6/82	8/96	26.09	2.94	53.1	3	4	0
ODI	121	120	5847	4951	141	5/42	5/42	35.11	5.08	41.4	4	1	0
T20I	70	69	1439	1655	71	5/24	5/24	23.3	6.9	20.2	2	1	0
FC	70	123	12393	5785	218	6/77	9/103	26.53	2.8	56.8	9	12	0
List A	168	165	8144	6583	208	5/42	5/42	31.64	4.84	39.1	6	1	0
T20	232	231	5053	6021	237	5/19	5/19	25.4	7.14	21.3	4	2	0

Batting and fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Test	21	29	4	552	63*	22.08	1225	45.06	0	3	77	1	8	0
ODI	121	55	16	552	53*	14.15	747	73.89	0	1	46	8	29	0
T20I	70	17	10	62	16	8.85	85	72.94	0	0	0	0	11	0
FC	70	101	11	2433	128	27.03	5691	42.75	1	14	314	8	18	0
List A	168	92	33	1198	72	20.3			0	3			42	0
T20	232	83	44	386	24*	9.89	419	92.12	0	0	27	6	47	0

Personal Information
Born	Feb 05, 1990
Birth Place	Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Role	Bowler
Batting Style	Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style	Right-arm fast-medium