IND vs WI: Not Even Sure What Kind Of A Future Bhuvneshwar Kumar Has Anymore: Sunil Gavaskar

Legendary Indian player Sunil Gavaskar is concerned over the future of Bhuvneshwar Kumar with the Indian team.

Bhuvneshwar was named in India’s T20I squad that will play three T20I matches against West Indies.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar went wicketless in South Africa ODIs

Bhuvneshwar was part of the Indian team that suffered a humiliating 0-3 series defeat to South Africa in the ODI series in their backyard.

Bhuvneshwar played the first two matches in Paarl but didn’t find a single wicket and in addition, he leaked more than 60 runs in both games. He was replaced by Deepak Chahar in the third ODI in Cape Town.

Chahar picked two wickets and returned with 54 runs with the bat in the second innings but was short from finishing the game for India.

It’s time for Bhuvneshwar Kumar to go back to the basics and work hard: Sunil Gavaskar

Gavaskar acknowledged the brilliance of Bhuvneshwar in the past but the former Indian captain feels that India should start grooming Chahar.

“The one name that comes to my mind is Bhuvneshwar Kumar. I am not even sure what kind of a future he has anymore. He has lost out on pace, the accuracy he had at the start where he was getting the ball to move and get the wickets.

“Then again towards the end over, the way he was coming and bowling, that has probably deserted him and it’s time for him to go back to the basics and work hard. That’s the one name that comes to mind,” Gavaskar said on Sports Today.

“I think it’s time to look maybe at Deepak Chahar now. Younger man, who is pretty much a similar bowler, swings it both ways and bat handily down the order. Bhuvi has been a tremendous servant of Indian cricket, but in the last year or so, even in T20 cricket for the franchise, he has been expensive.

Not maybe so much at the start of the innings, but towards the end, where he used to bowl those brilliant yorker and slower deliveries, those are not working anymore. And that can happen, because the opposition is studying you all the time. So maybe it is time to look at somebody else,” he added.

India will play against West Indies in three ODI matches and as many T20I series, the bilateral series begins with the first ODI on February 6 in Ahmedabad.

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