Bhuvneshwar Kumar Quotes

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

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.

As a skipper, when you try to manipulate the field, you need to see the strengths of the fast bowlers.

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

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

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

According to the situation, your role changes in one-day cricket, especially in a phase like the Powerplay. If I bowl four spells, four times I will be playing a different role. If I come in the first Powerplay, and say the opposition are 70 for no loss after 10 overs, I will be looking to take a wicket.

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.'

Obviously, you want to get big runs. But then, as a captain, you want to play on result-oriented wickets.

I used to prepare in advance on how the bowler is going to bowl, whether is he going to bowl an outswinger or an inswinger? I used to watch the videos of the bowler and used to prepare in advance.

If the batsman is playing good shots, you accept it, but it is important that we bowl according to what the plan is and not go off it.

If you ask me, a batsman has very few opportunities as compared to a bowler. A bowler knows, if he gets hit for a six or a boundary, he has another delivery left to get back and take a wicket. For a batsman, one loose shot, and you are out. A bowler will always have 24 opportunities.

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.

If you look round the world, most teams want guys who can bowl up at 90 mph because they can make things happen when it isn't doing much.

T20 cricket is all about using variations, and timing has to be perfect.

I experienced how Pep Guardiola worked every day. He had football on his mind round the clock: 'What system does the opponent like to play? How do I want to set up my team, who do I want in which position?'

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

Having captained India for long, it is habitual to discuss with my mates and assess the bowling changes, the bowling changes, the field setting that the opposing captain would do.

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

Pull and sweep are two shots which can help me score runs outside India. These are two shots that can immediately put pressure back on bowlers.

I am an attacking bowler, but I can change my plan and go however the team wants me to go.

They come with a lot of strategies in international cricket. You face bowlers with a lot more pace.

Sometimes a manager will assess the other team through the warm-up and try to get an inkling as to what way they are going to be playing.

I still don't know why batsmen are taking so much time to figure me out.

I don't know why I performed well against Arsenal, but probably we prepared well, and it could be their football style as well.