Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar was at his greatest in the recently-concluded first T20 International (T20I) of the continued three-match collection in opposition to England on the Rose Bowl in Southampton. The ‘swing king’ displayed his classic avatar and received rid of English skipper Jos Buttler with a magnificence in the opening over of the hosts’ chase of 199.
The distinctive over began with a barrage of outswingers which opener Jason Roy discovered so troublesome to deal with. Roy, nevertheless, received off the mark with a timid single off the fourth delivery. Buttler was then on strike, and it appeared that he anticipated one other outswinger from Bhuvneshwar. But, the Indian pacer bamboozled Buttler with an inswinger which shattered the defence of the batter as he was cleaned up on a golden duck.
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Buttler’s dismissal opened the floodgates as England saved dropping wickets on common intervals to get bundled out for simply 148, dropping the competition by 50 runs. After the sport, the England captain was in all reward for Bhuvneshwar, admitting that the Indian pacer was simply excellent in the collection opener.
“We were outplayed today. India bowled fantastically well, we couldn’t get back from there. Thought we came back well with the ball in the second half. They were a little bit above the bar, but their ball swung quite consistently early on and got wickets,” Buttler had stated after the match.
“Chris Jordan to come away with figures like that – he did fantastically well. Bhuvneshwar Kumar can swing it on most places. It swung more than usual, we probably had to hit one to the stands to reduce the swing (smiles),” he added.
