Bhuvneshwar Kumar Is An Absolute Certainty In India's T20 World Cup Squad - Wasim Jaffer

Former Indian player Wasim Jaffer said that Bhuvneshwar Kumar has cemented his place in India’s squad for the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year. The 32-year-old Indian pacer is making his experience count after playing international cricket for almost a decade.

Just a few months ago experts were criticising the pacer for running out of steam and found him a liability for the Indian white-ball side. Bhuvneshwar has responded to the critics in his own style first, he picked six wickets in the five-match series against South Africa at home.

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In the second T20I in Cuttack, the senior Indian bowler went bonkers with the movement of the ball. He ran through the visitors’ batting unit upfront in their chase of a moderate 149 on a tricky surface and claimed three early wickets to reduce Proteas to 29 for three in the Powerplay overs.

Bhuvneshwar finished 4/13 in that game but South Africa won the match on the back of Heinrich Klassen’s masterclass batting.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is going to be in the World Cup squad: Wasim Jaffer

Coming to the first T20I match against England, Bhuvneshwar bowled a burgeoning inswinger to castle Jos Buttler upfront in the second innings. He finished 1/10 from three overs as India won by 50 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

“In international cricket, a bowler who swings the ball will have most of the batters struggling, especially with the ball you don’t see many bowlers swinging it but Bhuvi is a great exponent of it,” Jaffer said on ESPNcricinfo.

“He has been getting it right since he came back to the side, and it was great to see him producing a good performance against a quality batting line-up. I don’t see any doubt in my mind that he’s going to be in the World Cup squad. He’s an absolute certainty.

“Will the ball swing as much in Australia? I don’t know, but if anybody swings, it will be Bhuvi. I think he has inked his name into that World Cup squad already,” he added.

India will play the second T20I against England on Saturday (July 9) at Edgbaston in Birmingham.

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