Top 66 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Quotes

In my mind, I work out situations. Like, how I should play if I bat for four overs, or how should I approach myself if its 10 overs. These are things I work at the nets.

We all know just bowling won’t do in modern international cricket, and we have to contribute with the bat and as a fielder, too.

IPL is such a tournament that you end up knowing about the strengths and weaknesses of everyone because you are playing with so many people in the same side.

I don’t bowl at 140 kmph or 150 kmph, so my best chance of getting the batsmen out is by bowling in the right areas and getting it to swing.

The Oval has always been a good batting track, and there’s not much for the bowlers.

You want to be consistent, and for that, you want to be fit.

I won’t say I am a premier bowler or anything, because we are all trying to work hard, and whoever gets the opportunity wants to do well.

When you are bowling with a new ball, there are only two fielders outside the circle. With the old ball, batsmen don’t care how many guys are outside the circle.

I used to bowl a lot at the death while bowling in the IPL, but it serves as a confidence booster that I can do a lot more with the ball at the start of the innings and at the death.

It was always a dream to play Test for India, and I was very happy when I got my first wicket.

If there is someone who is able to swing the ball, I believe I have it in me to swing it a bit more than the other bowlers.

If you bowl well early in the innings, it is also important to finish well.

When you are playing Under-17 or U-19, the captain is of the same age as the rest of us. His knowledge was also as limited as the other players, so there was greater responsibility on the bowlers to understand themselves and their bowling, read the pitch, and set fields accordingly.

When I started out, I wasn’t a thinking bowler, but talking to seniors and coaches helped. They would always tell me that I ought to be clear about where I wanted to bowl before I ran in to bowl.

Injuries are a part and parcel of a player’s career.

Whether you’re a batsman, bowler, or an all-rounder, fitness is tough if you follow your regimen religiously.

As to adding variations to my white ball bowling, ever since I started playing IPL, I realised you need variations. You can’t survive on line and length. You need coaches around you who can guide you to get there. I have been lucky that I have had seniors and coaches who have helped me get there.

It’s true that I have got wickets with the new ball in Test matches, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t bowl with the old ball.

In the IPL, I learnt from Dale Steyn. Our bowling styles are quite different, but he is a great bowler, and you can always pick something from the way he bowls. He has given me a lot of tips during matches, which I have tried in my bowling.

You need an over to get your confidence going.

As a bowling unit, you get a lot of confidence if the spinners and pacers are bowling as a team.

As a new ball bowler, it’s my job to stick to the basics.

I have batted well in Tests and always wanted to do well in ODIs, too.

It is always a good thing that whoever is getting a chance in the playing XI has been performing well.

I rely on swing to get wickets, and I continue to do it that way. I have never tried to copy others.

T20 is such a format that finishes quickly, and you only have four overs. If there are three bad balls in one over, you will go for runs, and your whole analysis suffers. The team is on back foot because of three balls. So each and every ball becomes very important. It makes the bowler think.

I have tried to improve on my death bowling.

The Kookaburra is the toughest ball to bowl with.

In India, the wicket tends to get a bit slower once the ball gets old, but in England, it’s pretty much the same whether it’s new ball or old ball.

As a bowler, you want to go and bowl in helpful conditions in South Africa, England, and Australia. But it is also important to bowl in the right areas, and they differ from bowler to bowler, depending on conditions and the opposition.

When I started playing cricket, I knew that my physique is not at all like a typical fast bowler. My body language is also different, and I am not aggressive by nature; thus, my focus was always on my skills.

I have natural talent when it comes to batting.

Shankar Basu introduced me to a different type of training that eventually helped me increase my pace. That, in turn, went on to help me bowl at the death, too.

MS has always been a bowler’s captain.

If you do not have good shoes, you can get injured.

I never think that I have to be at top every time. Obviously, I have to do well in every game and series; that’s what I try to do. I try to improve and work on the swing and variation in my bowling.

Swing is my main weapon.

I am grateful to Allan Donald for his guidance and subtle nuances that he taught me.

If the keeper is standing up, in the fear of getting stumped, the batsman will not try to walk down the wicket to negate the swing.

There has definitely been an improvement in my bowling in terms of pace and variations like the slower ball and knuckle-ball. To add to that, I have improved fitness-wise.

When it comes to AB de Villiers, he is the best in the world, and you have to be at your best to bowl to him.

When you are injured and undergoing rehab, it is important to stay positive and not allow negative thoughts to creep in.

As a bowler, there are times when you do not get wickets, and you don’t have the numbers to show against your name. But never has the thought crossed my mind that I am not a confident bowler and the wickets are not coming my way.

When I began, I was more of a swing bowler with little pace, but I realized it will be difficult to sustain without the pace, so my fitness has now allowed me maybe an extra yard of pace. That has been the secret of my success.

It is never easy to switch between formats, but it is all about practice and preparation.

It always gives you pleasure when you score runs in Test cricket.

IPL is something… it’s where we polish our skills and be in form, but ODI and T20I are totally different.

I am here to play cricket. No preferences at all. T20, ODI, Test – I just want to perform on every stage and prove my worth as a good bowler.

Preparation goes on even when you are out of the team, as you can do it anywhere.

You see teams buy a lot of batsmen for a lot of money because they are good batsmen. But you also need good bowlers to get them out or contain the runs.

It feels great that my performances in domestic cricket have been recognised.

People forget that I have grown up playing on Indian tracks and have bowled huge number of overs on unresponsive Indian tracks.

When it comes to batting, I have a lot of expectations from myself.

I have always said the most difficult batsman to bowl against is the man who is in form. You may have seen the best batsmen get out early when they are not in form, but an in-form batsman is difficult to dismiss.

World Cup is a big platform.

I’m a sports lover. Not just cricket – I play badminton and football, too. When I get some time off, I prefer to play sports rather than working out.

Stats are something which can’t define everything. It could be hiding more things than it shows.

I have learnt a lot from Praveen Kumar.

The first thing that comes to the mind when you are touring South Africa is bouncy wickets. But that is no surety of what kind of pitch you would get in the game.

I just try to improve every series.

I’m no different than anyone. If you get more games, you’re in the rhythm; that gives you confidence.

Sometimes what happens is you’re not getting wickets; you’re going for runs. You just want to get away.

When you create pressure in the previous over for your partner to strike, it is sometimes as satisfying as picking up a wicket yourself.

Bumrah has a different action, which creates problems for the batsmen. He has improved a lot of things with his action. He had these yorkers, and slower ones earlier as well, but he has improved a lot.

Almost every bowler bowls a slower ball, but not many can be deceptive. A slower ball can only be deceptive if it is different, if it is floating, swinging.

It is definitely a good feeling to do well at Lord’s.