The sight of Bhuvneshwar Kumar doing his test run-up to the bowling crease through the T20I and ODI series against England was a sight for...
The sight of Bhuvneshwar Kumar doing his test run-up to the bowling crease through the T20I and ODI series against England was a sight for sore eyes. He does it by habit. He runs through the bowling crease making sure everything is right before he starts bowling again. India skipper Virat Kohli, in turn, often just watches him go through the motions. He doesn’t tell Bhuvneshwar what to do because he knows the pacer will almost invariably pick the right option.
And if one wanted further evidence of what he brings to the table, one just has to see how the series-deciding third ODI panned out. In the first ODI, England’s openers Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow had put on 135 runs and in the second ODI, they had put together 110 runs. The good starts had taken the pressure off the batsmen lower down the order and put it right back on India.
So even though India had put 329 on the board, they knew that early wickets were the need of the hour. Kohli needed Bhuvi to prove his mettle once again and the pacer did just that.
The first ball was hit for four through the covers by Roy with immaculate timing. The second ball was...
