Bhuvneshwar Kumar Quotes

In Twenty20s, you have to bowl a lot fuller, especially at the death, and you've got to be mindful of what you're doing. But it's still cricket.

There are very rare occasions when you get a good wicket to bat on, but whatever wicket you get, you have to play at least 20 overs for your side.

I am not someone like A. B. de Villiers, Gayle, or Dhoni. I don't have that much power. I have to use my brain to manipulate the field and stick to my strength, which is to hit through the lines.

You do your best but I think I'm going to try and get back in as a batsman first, spinner second.

Well, I've always prefered playing spin off the back foot because, to my mind, it takes short leg and silly point out of the equation.

In T20, even when you are in form and you feel like you are making good contributions, you are going to only face 30 or maximum 40 balls in the position where I bat in the middle order.

Cricket is not rocket science. Bowlers often get wickets through perseverance, accuracy and being patient rather than trying to blast opposition teams out.

I try to hit the ball along the ground, especially against fast bowlers. I also like the bat to come down in the right position and check if my body position is correct. If I'm really watching the ball carefully, then automatically I'm in a good position to hit it down the ground.

The batsman does not always need to create big hits. He can hit a boundary, then pick up some singles and still gets nine runs. To avoid that, I need to plan in a way where he must look to hit wherever there is a fielder. That is what is called 'bowling to the field.'

If you are playing on a turning wicket, toss plays an important role. The team that wins the toss gets an opportunity to play on the fresh wicket. You should always prepare the wicket as per team's strength. But a rank turner might backfire.

I was a middle-order batsman who was too good against spin and hit sixes consistently in Under-19 and Ranji cricket, and I still have the same confidence.

I am happy with the way I hit the ball. There is a certain element of power into it but not completely. It is like 80 per cent timing and 20 per cent power. Why do I need power hitting when I can clear the ropes with timing?

The reason why people love T20 is the sixes and fours.

You can't make three or four spinners bowl the exact number of overs. You don't see the number of overs bowled by them before you make a bowling change; you see who looks effective and make a bowling change.

I am a big fan of the five-bowler strategy.

In the U.A.E., the wickets are on the slower side. You can't play through the line; you need to take your time and be patient.

It's always frustrated me when I've seen other players able to smack balls over the bowler's head and stuff like that. I can't, though. When I've tried I've let myself down.

With Test cricket, it's very important that you are bowling at high speed but T20 cricket is a great way to be versatile.

When I watch a match, I always try to understand what the batsman is trying to do so that I know what I should do to get him out.

Wherever we play, the batsmen have bigger responsibility in ODI and T20 formats to set up big targets and give that cushion to bowlers.

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 feel, as a captain, that when you face a batsman who plays spin well you feel as if you are a fielder short.

I want to be a high-order batter in the one-day stuff, to play some long innings rather than just go in and have a swipe.

For an opening batsman, it's important to hit a few balls in the middle of the bat and get a few boundaries going.

Dotting teams up and bowling maidens back to back cannot be underestimated in Australian conditions because it gives you control of the game.