Bhuvneshwar Kumar Quotes

I don't know what it is about fast bowling. I guess it's the ability to do something that nobody else can really do.

A lot of the emphasis on international bowlers is on their pace and Australia coach Darren Lehmann is a big fan of bowlers who can bowl 90mph-plus.

I even had the illusion, for a very short time, that I could become a medium pace bowler.

I have tried to improve on my death bowling.

I always love challenges, and when I bowl, I always look to get 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.

I don't run after speed. Obviously, it will be better to have some more pace, but I am very well aware that I can't bowl with the speed of 150 kmph. I am working hard on my technique and variations.

I would love to bowl 160 km/h. Any fast bowler would love to do that. But for me that is almost impossible.

Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.

Speed can't always get you wickets.

Unless someone wants to look funny, I'll not recommend anyone to copy my bowling action. But on a serious note, with the confidence that I have got from the amount of runs I have been scoring, when I'm thrown the ball to bowl, I am pretty sure of what I have to do. I may not be the most attractive to watch while bowling, but I can be effective.

Being a swing bowler, bowling at the death is just an added facet in my bowling.

Great fast bowlers don't have to worry about whether the track is flat or green. They'll find a way to get wickets.

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.

Archer has a loose-limbed approach in a run-up that is not very long. He gets into a good position at the crease and releases the ball late from a very high action. He snaps the ball down at genuine pace. He has rhythm to his bowling.

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 one thing you can't do is get carried away with that pace and bounce. There's a temptation to charge in and just slam the ball into the pitch and you can end up bowling too short. You still have to bowl the right length so that you threaten to take wickets.

As a bowler I think I am more wicket-based than some.

The way I am bowling at the death, it's all thanks to the IPL.

I am not trained to be a director or an actor. I have learnt everything by watching other people work and studying their work.

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.

In terms of pace, every captain wants pace in their attack.

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.

Fast bowling is not an easy job. Especially if you are also a batsman as well as being a fast bowler, a fast bowler has to work harder than any other cricketer on his fitness.

People learn more from observation that they do from conversation.