Bhuvneshwar Kumar - Revision history

Jyoti: /* 2018 */

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‎2018

Jyoti: /* 2017 */

2018-02-23T13:09:11Z

‎2017

Pdewan: /* 2017 */

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‎2017

Pdewan: /* The boy with the golden arm opens his Test account */

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‎The boy with the golden arm opens his Test account

Pdewan at 20:27, 15 November 2017

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Pdewan: /* Champions Trophy, 2017 */

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‎Champions Trophy, 2017

Pdewan: /* World’s ‘Finest White-Ball Bowler’ */

2017-11-14T21:57:10Z

‎World’s ‘Finest White-Ball Bowler’

Jyoti: /* =World’s ‘Finest White-Ball Bowler’ */

2017-10-27T21:52:46Z

‎=World’s ‘Finest White-Ball Bowler’

Jyoti at 21:52, 27 October 2017

2017-10-27T21:52:11Z

Pdewan: /* Profile */

2017-10-10T14:38:05Z

‎Profile

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	South Africa, on the contrary, kept bowling short to India, a strategy that backfired and Kumar says the hosts may have continued it in the belief that India have a ‘problem’ playing the short ball. “That’s not been the case this time. We have really tackled it (short balls) well. Today they bowled 5-6 short overs to us early on and it really backfired on them,” he added.		South Africa, on the contrary, kept bowling short to India, a strategy that backfired and Kumar says the hosts may have continued it in the belief that India have a ‘problem’ playing the short ball. “That’s not been the case this time. We have really tackled it (short balls) well. Today they bowled 5-6 short overs to us early on and it really backfired on them,” he added.
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		+	==As in 2021 May==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2021%2F05%2F15&entity=Ar01600&sk=3564C1FA&mode=text K ShriniwasRao , May 15, 2021: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	[[File: Bhuvneshwar Kumar in international cricket, overall and in England, as on May 14, 2021.jpg\|Bhuvneshwar Kumar in international cricket, overall and in England, as on May 15, 2021 <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2021%2F05%2F15&entity=Ar01600&sk=3564C1FA&mode=text K ShriniwasRao , May 15, 2021: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	A fit and in-form Bhuvneshwar Kumar would have been Team India’s greatest asset on the tour of England. In ideal circumstances, nobody among the current lot of Indian pacers is capable of getting handed a ticket to the United Kingdom ahead of Bhuvneshwar.
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		+	In a country where how you bowl swing and seam, and how you counter it, determines a large part of the team’s fortunes, the Meerut-born seamer would’ve been the perfect arsenal to carry along. Yet he is not in the squad. Right now, Bhuvneshwar is not injured, as has been the case often in his career, especially over the last four years. Unlike last year, when he got ruled out of the Australia series because of a thigh injury he suffered during an IPL game, he has been fit for most part of this year.
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		+	The Syed Mushtaq Ali and the Vijay Hazare tournaments saw the 31-year-old find a place for himself in the One-dayers and T20s against England, where he impressed, and it appeared as if he was on the move again. Then where is Bhuvneshwar right now? Those tracking the bowler’s career and cricket say he is “focusing on the next T20 opportunities coming up”.
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		+	“Bhuvneshwar just doesn’t want to play Test cricket anymore. That drive has gone missing,” they add. Those who have seen him from close insist he brought in a huge change in his work-drills a couple of seasons ago, doing away with heavy weight training, falling to the lure of the white-ball comfort and avoiding those hours of long spells that are so integral to red-ball cricket.
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		+	“To be honest, the selectors don’t even see Bhuvi hungry for 10 overs, forget Test cricket. It’s Team India’s loss no doubt, because if one bowler should have made it to England, it should have been him,” say those tracking developments.
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		+	Bhuvi’s absence aside, the Indian team is travelling to England with a 24-member contingent, unlike the tour of Australia where they travelled in larger numbers because of the white-ball series. However, this contingent includes only six pacers other than the bowlers on standby.
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		+	“Ishant has been the backbone of India’s attack, and rightly so, but when was the last time he worked his way through an entire series? Injury relapses and niggles have been a constant irritant. That will leave the bulk of the responsibility on two pacers, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami,” say sources.
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		+	In that, the team management is learnt to be leaning heavily on Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur to rise to the occasion.
		+	“Their hard work, recent performances and the ability to deal with the given conditions has been a plus. Umesh is around, but he’s been a lottery at most times.
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		+	“Also, expect Avesh Khan to be a find during this tour, regardless of whether he gets a Test match of not,” is how the team management is believed to be seeing things.
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		+	The team will be going through eight days of quarantine. Four of them will be spent in isolation and the remaining four in restricted spaces. That means losing that much more time in preparing for the World Test Championship final against New Zealand starting on June 18.
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		+	“Bowlers who travel to England usually require two weeks to get a hang of what line and length to bowl on the wickets there. It’s the early onset of summer but things always get tricky in the UK,” says a team source.
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		+	It’ll be a battle against time, conditions and a host team that’s desperate to see India in their backyard and pay back in the same coin. India’s bowling attack, which has done very well between 2018 and now, will be facing its biggest challenge.
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	=Personal life=		=Personal life=

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	A target of 231 was never going to test India. Shikhar Dhawan played with characteristic gusto and Dinesh Karthik made the most of his surprise promotion to No. 4 with a fluent half-century , thus setting the stage for a brilliant finale in Kanpur.		A target of 231 was never going to test India. Shikhar Dhawan played with characteristic gusto and Dinesh Karthik made the most of his surprise promotion to No. 4 with a fluent half-century , thus setting the stage for a brilliant finale in Kanpur.
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		+	=2018=
		+	==Successful tour of South Africa==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F02%2F20&entity=Ar02712&sk=A8045690&mode=text K ShriniwasRao, Bhuvneshwar is reaping the rewards by keeping it simple, February 20, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	When the time comes for the Indian team to pack their bags for England, their second big challenge in 2018 after this demanding tour of South Africa, Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be among the first to board that flight. At 28 years of age, few would deserve the opportunity more than the Meerut-born cricketer who has impressed with the ball whenever handed the responsibility.
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		+	It was Bhuvi’s five-wicket haul that destroyed hosts South Africa in the first of the three T20Is. On a track where South Africa’s own hand-picked attack of six full-time bowlers struggled, the Indian swing bowler went back to the basics of line and length to bowl a spell that decided the contest in the second half of play.
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		+	Kumar was responsible for sending back almost every South African batsman worth his while at the crease, starting with opener Jon Jon Smut, the impressive Reeze Hendricks, skipper JP Duminy, the dangerous Heinrich Klaasen and allrounder Chris Morris. “What I was trying to do is bring about some change of pace in my bowling. Just wanted to take the pace off the ball because I knew it wouldn't be easy to hit the ball and that’s what I did,” Kumar said after the day.
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		+	His conveying of the strategy remained simple, as has his outlook been towards the game. The bowler – who often contributes with the bat too – has remained calm and worked his way towards acquiring stature within the team.
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		+	His ability to think out of the box once he’s been given the ball, bowl a few deliveries to figure out what he needs to do on a certain track and outthink batsmen has been catching serious attention.
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		+	“Taking wickets means a lot to me when playing for the country. It doesn’t matter if you take five wickets or how many as long as you’re winning matches. I want to do it as long as possible,” he says.
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		+	On Sunday night, Kumar gave a brief insight into how his mind works when running in with the ball. He spoke of the length adjustments he had to make and slow down the pace of the ball to extreme levels to make batting difficult for the South Africans.
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		+	“Today, for instance, after we batted (first), we had a certain idea of the kind of wicket we would be bowling on. Today we bowled a lot of slow balls. It was a part of our strategy on this wicket, to do away with pace and make it difficult for the batsmen to score. Apart from line and length, it’s important to understand how you want to mix your deliveries. It matters,” he said.
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		+	South Africa, on the contrary, kept bowling short to India, a strategy that backfired and Kumar says the hosts may have continued it in the belief that India have a ‘problem’ playing the short ball. “That’s not been the case this time. We have really tackled it (short balls) well. Today they bowled 5-6 short overs to us early on and it really backfired on them,” he added.

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 "We all know that spinners dominate in Indian conditions so it's good if medium pacers can get at least two wickets."
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 A target of 231 was never going to test India. Shikhar Dhawan played with characteristic gusto and Dinesh Karthik made the most of his surprise promotion to No. 4 with a fluent half-century , thus setting the stage for a brilliant finale in Kanpur.
 =Personal life=
 ==Marriage with Nupur Nagar==

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 "We all know that spinners dominate in Indian conditions so it's good if medium pacers can get at least two wickets."
 ==Champions Trophy: The Reinvention Of India's Key Pacer==
 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=TIMES-IN-ENGLAND-BHUVI-20-THE-MASTER-OF-17062017023028  Partha Bhaduri, The Times of India], Jun 17 2017

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 Not many bowlers begin their career as well as Bhuvneshwar Kumar did for India. He struck in his very first over in both ODIs and T20Is, both against Pakistan in 2012 and 2013 respectively. Kumar is well renowned for his ability to swing the ball both ways.
-=Champions Trophy, 2017=
 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=TIMES-IN-ENGLAND-BHUVI-20-THE-MASTER-OF-17062017023028  Partha Bhaduri, The Times of India], Jun 17 2017
 [[File: Bhuvaneshwar Kumar in ODIs; as on June 17, 2017a.jpg|Bhuvaneshwar Kumar in ODIs, as on June 17, 2017; [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=TIMES-IN-ENGLAND-BHUVI-20-THE-MASTER-OF-17062017023028  Partha Bhaduri, The Times of India], Jun 17 2017|frame|500px]]
 [[File: Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, some records as on June 17, 2017.jpg|Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, some records as on June 17, 2017; [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=TIMES-IN-ENGLAND-BHUVI-20-THE-MASTER-OF-17062017023028  Partha Bhaduri, The Times of India], Jun 17 2017|frame|500px]]
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 “Bhuvneshwar has been outstanding and always very consistent,“ said Kohli. “Especially in the last two games, both Bhuvi and Bumrah have been terrific initially and in the later stages as well.Their wicket-taking ability is something the opposition knows, so they are a lw ay s c a re f u l about going hard against these two guys.“
 ==World’s ‘Finest White-Ball Bowler’==
 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Bhuvis-rise-as-worlds-best-is-no-accident-27102017023033  VVS Laxman, 'Bhuvi's rise as world's best is no accident', October 27, 2017: The Times of India]

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	A target of 231 was never going to test India. Shikhar Dhawan played with characteristic gusto and Dinesh Karthik made the most of his surprise promotion to No. 4 with a fluent half-century , thus setting the stage for a brilliant finale in Kanpur.		A target of 231 was never going to test India. Shikhar Dhawan played with characteristic gusto and Dinesh Karthik made the most of his surprise promotion to No. 4 with a fluent half-century , thus setting the stage for a brilliant finale in Kanpur.
		+	=Personal life=
		+	==Marriage with Nupur Nagar==
		+	[[File: Bhuvneshwar Kumar with Nupur Nagar.jpg\| Bhuvneshwar Kumar with Nupur Nagar \|frame\|500px]]
		+	[https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/bhuvneshwar-kumar-to-tie-knot-with-nupur-nagar-on-november-23-reports-1774328 Dattaraj Thaly \| Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Tie Knot With Nupur Nagar On November 23: Reports \| 12 November 2017 \| NDTV]
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		+	According to media reports, Bhuvi will tie the knot with his fiancée Nupur Nagar on November 23. The couple will get married in a private ceremony in Meerut, which is Bhuvi's hometown. This will then be followed by a reception in Bulandshahr, his wife's hometown, on November 26, the town his wife-to-be hails from. The couple will also host a reception in New Delhi on November 30. Team India members, who will be in Delhi for the Sri Lanka series at the time, will attend the reception.
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		+	India are set to host Sri Lanka in a three-match Test series, starting November 16. Bhuvneshwar might miss the second Test beginning of November 24 due to his nuptials. However, there has been no confirmation of the same.

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	“Bhuvneshwar has been outstanding and always very consistent,“ said Kohli. “Especially in the last two games, both Bhuvi and Bumrah have been terrific initially and in the later stages as well.Their wicket-taking ability is something the opposition knows, so they are a lw ay s c a re f u l about going hard against these two guys.“		“Bhuvneshwar has been outstanding and always very consistent,“ said Kohli. “Especially in the last two games, both Bhuvi and Bumrah have been terrific initially and in the later stages as well.Their wicket-taking ability is something the opposition knows, so they are a lw ay s c a re f u l about going hard against these two guys.“
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		+	=2017=
		+	==World’s ‘Finest White-Ball Bowler’=
		+	[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Bhuvis-rise-as-worlds-best-is-no-accident-27102017023033 VVS Laxman, 'Bhuvi's rise as world's best is no accident', October 27, 2017: The Times of India]
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		+	''Laxman Terms Seamer Finest White-Ball Bowler''
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		+	Retribution was swift and decisive as India bounced back from a rare defeat in Mumbai in clinical fashion in the second ODI in Pune. It wasn't just the fact that India won by six wickets that was impressive. Their strategies and game plans, executed wonderfully well by the bowlers with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah in the forefront, were particularly eye-catching.
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		+	Having worked with Bhuvi at close quarters for a few years now, I can assert that it is no accident that he has reached the lofty heights he occupies today , as one of the finest white-ball bowlers in world cricket.
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		+	When he was not in the Indian team through the early parts of 2016, he worked hard on improving his skills and adding to his repertoire of variations. He was always a wonderful swing bowler, but by the time he came to IPL 2016, he had become a couple of yards quicker without compromising on his swing.
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		+	He has loads of confidence and self-belief, and is like a sponge when it comes to learning. Once he figures out a particular ball, he won't rest till he gets is right, which is why he has such control over his yorker, the knuckle ball and other myriad slower deliveries at the death.His dismissal of Martin Guptill was particularly heart-warming, almost Test match-like in both conception and execution.
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		+	Bumrah is the polar opposite of Bhuvi in that he was always a wonderful bowler at the death but was a little expensive at the top. And where Bhuvi has worked on his finishing skills, Bumrah has become a lot more proficient with the new ball. Having added the ball that sha pes away from the right-hander, or at least holds its line, he has started to ask difficult questions with the new ball. B&B have emerged as the fast-bowling pair to beat in global white-ball cricket.
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		+	I thought Virat also captained the side beautifully . He was proactive and was always looking to squeeze New Zealand dry . Even when Tom Latham was beginning to look dangerous, he kept six men in the 30-yard circle and cut off the singles. In Mumbai, Latham and Ross Taylor had used the sweep shot with telling results. India made a tactical change by bringing in the faster, flatter Axar Patel instead of the slower, more loopy Kuldeep Yadav. Virat also employed Kedar Jadhav's off-spin generously, having not bowled him in Mumbai. And the lines in Pune were a lot more outside off, compared to the first game when the spinners bowled far too straight.
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		+	A target of 231 was never going to test India. Shikhar Dhawan played with characteristic gusto and Dinesh Karthik made the most of his surprise promotion to No. 4 with a fluent half-century , thus setting the stage for a brilliant finale in Kanpur.

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 =Profile=
 FULL NAME	Bhuvneshwar Kumar Singh
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 CAREER SPAN	[Test, 2013 - 2017], [ODI, 2012 - 2017], [World Cup, 2015], [T20I, 2012 - 2017], [IPL, 2011 - 2017], [CL, 2009],  ''' and continuing '''
 Not many bowlers begin their career as well as Bhuvneshwar Kumar did for India. He struck in his very first over in both ODIs and T20Is, both against Pakistan in 2012 and 2013 respectively. Kumar is well renowned for his ability to swing the ball both ways.
 =Champions Trophy, 2017=