Xtra Time Web Desk: As India gears up for the World Test Championship final against new Zealand, followed up by a tour of England, there has been much talk about the team’s bowling attack, which features some brilliant seamers. They might have the likes of Siraj, Bumrah and Ishant Sharma, but one name is missing- Bhuvneshwar Kumar, perhaps the best swing-bowler that India currently has to offer. Now, a report in Times of India has quoted some sources saying that he no longer harbours an interest for Test cricket.
‘Bhuvneshwar just doesn’t want to play Test cricket anymore. That drive has gone missing,’ they were quoted as saying. The report further goes on to state: “Those who have seen him from close insist he brought in a huge change in his work-drills a couple of seasons ago, doing away with heavy weight training, falling to the lure of the white-ball comfort and avoiding those hours of long spells that are so integral to red-ball cricket. To be honest, the selectors don’t even see Bhuvi hungry for 10 overs, forget Test cricket.”
Bhuvi, however, has come out to deny these speculations, and has said that he has always prepared for all 3 formats with equal intensity.