{"id":2326,"date":"2021-03-11T22:19:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T16:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=98325"},"modified":"2021-03-11T22:19:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T16:49:42","slug":"ind-vs-eng-virat-kohli-says-bhuvneshwar-kumar-will-be-important-for-t20-world-cup-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ind-vs-eng-virat-kohli-says-bhuvneshwar-kumar-will-be-important-for-t20-world-cup-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Ind vs Eng: Virat Kohli says Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be important for T20 World Cup campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the T20I series against England Indian skipper Virat Kohli said that Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be the key to their plan in their T20 World Cup campaign which is scheduled in October. Senior pacer Bhuvi is making his return into the squad after a long break. He was sidelined from the squad because of injuries. He had last played for India back in December 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBhuvneshwar is shaping up really well. He has come back, he is fit,\u201d Kohli replied to ANU\u2019s query during a virtual press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has worked really well to get back to full fitness and look he is a smart operator, we have seen that in the past. He continues to bring that experience on to the field which is going to be vital for us. He has a clear understanding of what he wants to do going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wants to contribute towards many more Indian wins in the coming months. Obviously in the T20 World Cup, we would need our most experienced bowler and he is right up there with anyone else in the world \u2013 at\u00a0the start, in the middle, and in the death as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a guy you can bank on and I am very glad to have him back. Hopefully, he can build strongly from here and be as ready as he is now for the World Cup,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ufe0f\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f \"Very glad to have Bhuvi back.\"<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Paytm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Paytm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvENG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvENG<\/a> T20I series opener, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamIndia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamIndia<\/a> skipper <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imVkohli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@imVkohli<\/a> speaks about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BhuviOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BhuviOfficial<\/a>'s return to the side \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\udc4d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/26DCpBbd90\">pic.twitter.com\/26DCpBbd90<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BCCI (@BCCI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCCI\/status\/1370008528190992388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When asked about his favourite side for the T20 World Cup, Kohli said: \u201cI actually think England will be the team to beat in the T20 World Cup, they are the number one side in the world and the prime focus would be on them in this year\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the other teams will be wary of the strength they bring on to the park and they would be the favourites and that would not change regardless of how they think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bhuvi has been the death bowling specialist with his ability to place the correct yorkers. He got added to the squad after clearing the fitness test.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the T20I series against England Indian skipper Virat Kohli said that Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be the key to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":25420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[630,1138,1567],"class_list":["post-2326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-bhuvneshwar-kumar","tag-ecb","tag-world-cup-t20"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}