Will bowl more knuckleballs going ahead in the ODIs: Bumrah

BHUVNESHWAR KUMAR was adjudged as the Man of the Match for picking three wickets as India beat New Zealand by six wickets in the second ODI at Pune.

Kumar removed openers, Martin Guptill and Colin Munro, while Jasprit Bumrah bowled in tandem by taking out Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson, all inside the first seven overs. Following the contest, BCCI uploaded a video where the bowling duo were seen talking about their plans.

Bhuvi mentioned that he had a plan for BlackCaps’ batsmen after they had a go at the hosts in the series opener. 

“In the last match he went after us so I had a plan for him. I tried to bowl a few knuckleballs and then some bouncers to him.”

Both players spoke about how they developed their variations. While Bumrah said that he mastered the slower ball during the IPL 10, Bhuvneshwar said that he had perfected his deceptive knuckle-ball during the Test series against Aussies.

“I developed it just before the IPL during the Test matches. In India, the ball doesn’t swing much and you have two fielders in catching (positions) so keeping that in mind I developed that thing. I didn’t know that it would come handy in T20Is and ODIs.”

Bumrah added,

“You have to have more than one tricks to fool the batsmen. So I have been using it (the slower delivery) since quite a long time. I’ll probably use it more in the matches to come."

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