File photograph of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Rohit Sharma© AFP
Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt feels veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar will not be a very good possibility for Team India within the T20 World Cup. Bhuvneshwar picked 11 wickets within the ongoing Asia Cup, however leaked numerous runs within the loss of life overs. He bagged a five-for in India’s ultimate recreation of the Super 4 stage in opposition to Afghanistan on Thursday. While suggesting that Bhuvneshwar is a wonderful new-ball bowler, Butt feels that the Bhuvneshwar lacks tempo, which makes it simpler for the batters to focus on him within the loss of life.
“He is conceding a lot of runs in the death but taking wickets in the initial overs. The bowl is slightly swinging here (in UAE). But good teams will negate this much swing easily. The bowling wasn’t that difficult. Afghanistan batters hit through the lines, and most of them are power hitters. They don’t have proper technique and that’s why couldn’t negate the swing. Bhuvneshwar struggles with pace in death overs. He doesn’t have pace and that’s why batters are not afraid of taking him on. I don’t think he will be a good option for India at the T20 World Cup,” Butt said during a discussion on his YouTube channel.
Notably, India did not qualify for the ultimate of the Asia Cup after a disappointing efficiency within the Super 4 stage.
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India defeated Afghanistan by 101 runs of their ultimate Super 4 recreation on Thursday.
Virat Kohli ended his century drought, smashing an unbeaten 122 off 61 balls. After posting a complete of 212/2 in 20 overs, India restricted Afghanistan to a complete of 111 for eight.
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