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Focus Back On Bhuvneshwar Kumar As India Fail To Make Early Breakthroughs

By IANS News June 23, 2021 • 11:34 AM View: 2040

Though Indian bowlers made a strong comeback and ran through the New Zealand middle-order on the fifth day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final on Tuesday, their failure to get early breakthroughs and extract seam movement brought forth the need to have pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Former cricketers have called on Indian selectors to consider the pace bowler for the remaining part of the tour of England during which Indians play five Test matches against England.

TAGS India cricket news Bhuvneshwar Kumar ICC World Test Championship

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