Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Personal information
Full name	Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Born	(1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 (age 27) Meerut, Uttar Pradesh , India
Nickname	Bhuvi
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium fast
Role	Bowler (Lower order batsman)
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 275)	22 February 2013 v Australia
Last Test	25 march 2017 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 194)	30 December 2012 v Pakistan
Last ODI	22 January 2017 v England
ODI shirt no.	15
T20I debut (cap 45)	25 December 2012 v Pakistan
Last T20I	06 April 2014 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007/08–present	Uttar Pradesh
2009–201	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011–2013	Pune Warriors India (squad no. 5)
2014–present	Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 15)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 16 58 14 65 Runs scored 430 207 15 2311 Batting average 22.63 9.40 7.50 27.51 100s/50s 0/3 0/0 0/0 1/14 Top score 31 9 128 Balls bowled 2427 2879 294 11472 Wickets 44 61 15 197 Bowling average 28.80 38.7 20.13 27.16 5 wickets in innings 4 0 0 12 10 wickets in match n/a n/a n/a n/a Best bowling 6/82 4/8 3/9 6/77 Catches/stumpings 5/– 17/– 3/- 15/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 May 2016

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (born 5 February 1990) is an Indian international cricketer. He plays for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket, and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. Kumar is a right-arm fast-medium bowler who swings the ball both ways efficiently, especially adept at creating late swing, and a useful lower order right-handed batsman. His talent was first noticed in a T20 match against Pakistan, where he successfully took a three-wicket haul. In the ODI series that followed, he bowled a magic delivery to Mohammad Hafeez - cleaning up his stumps and thus ensuring his place in the Indian squad for the rest of the series. He later proved to be a match winner for India.

Kumar's maiden wickets in each of the three formats of international cricket (Twenty20, One Day International, and Test cricket) were bowled.

Bhuvi was born on 5 February 1990 to Kiran Pal Singh and Indresh in Meerut. His father was an ASP with the Uttar Pradesh Police and his mother, a homemaker. He belongs to village Luharli near Gulaothi in Bulandshahr. It was his sister Rekha Adhana, who encouraged him to play cricket and took him to his first coaching centre when he was 13.

Kumar plays for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket. He has also played for Central Zone in the Duleep Trophy. Kumar made his first-class debut at the age of 17 against Bengal.

In the 2nd semi-final against North Zone, Kumar took one wicket with an economy rate of 3.03. Although being a lower-order batsman, he scored 128 off 312 balls surpassing all the scores of his team mates and maintained a partnership with four batsmen. He was consequently awarded the Man of the match. In the 2008/09 Ranji Trophy final, he became the first bowler to dismiss Sachin Tendulkar, rated as India's greatest batsman, for a duck in first-class cricket.