Thursday, 27 December 2012

Bhuvneshwar Kumar Biography | Information | Career Details


Bhuvneshwar Kumar Mavi( pronunciation (help·info)) (born 5 December 1990 in a Gurjar family at Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh and belongs to Village - Luharli Distt Bulandshahr (U.P.). He is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket. He is currently living in Meerut, (U.P.) He is a right-arm medium pacer and a right-handed batsman. He also plays for Pune Warriors India in the Indian Premier League.



Kumar made his first-class debut at the age of 17 against Bengal. In the 2008/09 season, he became the first bowler to dismiss Sachin Tendulkar for a duck in first-class cricket.After good performances in that season, he was handed an IPL contract by Royal Challengers Bangalore.[5] He has also represented Central Zone in Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy.

Apart from being a good swing bowler, Kumar is also known for his lower middle-order batting, which makes him a useful all-rounder.

In his debut T20 match for India he took 3 wickets for 9 runs against Pakistan on December 25, 2012 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

[edit]International career


After Awana's dismal show in the two T20Is against England, Kumar was selected in the playing eleven of the first T20 day/night match against Pakistan at Bengaluru. He took 3 wickets for 9 runs in 4 overs in the match. He took the wickets of Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal. His bowling figures in that match was 4-19-9-3 (Over-Dot Balls-Runs-Wicket) has an economy of 2.25. His efforts were not enough as Shoaib Malik (57* of 50) and skipper Mohammad Hafeez(61 of 44) scored half centuries to ensure Pakistan to successfully chase down 134. He has the best economy rate in a T20I debut, along with Saint Lucian Garey Mathurin (who also took 3/9 on his debut against England at The Oval in 2011 to bowl the hosts chasing 114 for a paltry 88).

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