Bhuvneshwar Kumar Quotes

Every wicket you play on is different.

I do not fear grassy tracks. Whether there is grass or not on the wicket, I am not worried.

There are not enough turning pitches in India, which is why we are not getting good spinners.

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

I'd love to see pitches start very dry all over the world, which is good for batting but means there will be turn - a cricket match without spinners is like a chess match without two important pieces - a less interesting game.

If you are playing in the right conditions, there is always motivation to bowl fast. If you are playing in the wrong condition then you want to be a batsman.

The start of the English county season - from April to mid-May when it's cold - is the same as South Africa because it seams and swings. After that, the ball starts spinning nicely, and that's when I get my wickets.

The thing I've got to concentrate on for South Africa is bowling at good pace and if the ball is in the right area that will cause enough trouble.

After a test match it's very easy to make selections, once you've seen exactly how the surface is going to play.

If you don't have bounce on the pitch, even a spinner cannot come handy.

The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia.

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.

In South Africa, you can get away sometimes because of the bounce. You may get away with full wide balls. In India, it does not bounce and finds the middle of the bat and goes flying to point or extra cover for four.

The wickets in England are very helpful to me.

In white-ball cricket the conditions do vary, but throughout Tests it varies a lot more in a five-day game, and home advantage becomes more prevalent in Test cricket.

Champions League matches are not always played on good pitches.

On Edens Gardens pitch, nobody bowls well.

As bowlers, we don't worry about the wickets, whether they are flat or not.

With the new ball, against any bowler, it's important to see off the first few overs.

Growing up, I played on matting wickets. I always enjoyed the pace and bounce and somewhere that has a big role or big effect on your game.

Those first few overs are obviously the most difficult time because you don't know what the ball is going to do in the air and off the seam.

Having coached in South Africa, you don't really work with wrist-spinners - you work with serviceable finger-spinners.

I enjoy wicket-keeping in the shorter format. I think when we are bowling first, it gives me an idea of how the wicket is behaving.

I will continue to be the biggest supporter of Faf du Plessis and the Proteas.

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.