Quotes from Bhuvneshwar Kumar

I'm no different than anyone. If you get more games, you're in the rhythm; that gives you confidence.

Sometimes what happens is you're not getting wickets; you're going for runs. You just want to get away.

Shankar Basu introduced me to a different type of training that eventually helped me increase my pace. That, in turn, went on to help me bowl at the death, too.

I only have a family pack; never really felt the need for abs or something like that because, to my mind, being fit in terms of cricket is far more important than anything.

That's how you win matches - bowling in pairs.

When it comes to batting, I have a lot of expectations from myself.

I have natural talent when it comes to batting.

When it comes to AB de Villiers, he is the best in the world, and you have to be at your best to bowl to him.

It's true that I have got wickets with the new ball in Test matches, but that doesn't mean that I can't bowl with the old ball.

If you think like a batsman, you have an upper-hand over the man you're bowling to.

The way I am bowling at the death, it's all thanks to the IPL.

I have tried to improve on my death bowling.

Breaks are needed after you play a long tour.

T20 is such a format that finishes quickly, and you only have four overs. If there are three bad balls in one over, you will go for runs, and your whole analysis suffers. The team is on back foot because of three balls. So each and every ball becomes very important. It makes the bowler think.

I never thought in my dreams that I would score fifty in One-dayers: not fifty but match-winning knock because One-Day is a kind of format which doesn't suit my batting, as I am not the kind of batsman who can hit big sixes.

MS has always been a bowler's captain.

When you are bowling with a new ball, there are only two fielders outside the circle. With the old ball, batsmen don't care how many guys are outside the circle.

When you are playing Under-17 or U-19, the captain is of the same age as the rest of us. His knowledge was also as limited as the other players, so there was greater responsibility on the bowlers to understand themselves and their bowling, read the pitch, and set fields accordingly.

Injuries are a part and parcel of a player's career.

We all know that spinners dominate in Indian conditions, so it's good if medium pacers can get at least two wickets.

We all know England conditions help fast bowlers.

If you have good gear and shoes, you can go for long runs and sustain yourself for a longer duration.

I don't bowl at 140 kmph or 150 kmph, so my best chance of getting the batsmen out is by bowling in the right areas and getting it to swing.

If there is someone who is able to swing the ball, I believe I have it in me to swing it a bit more than the other bowlers.