Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s lone wicket during South Africa’s first innings helped Team India to restrict the hosts to six for the loss of one wicket at stumps on Day 1 of the third Test at the Wanderers in Johannesburg. The hosts currently trail by 181 runs.
The pacer, who was dropped from the last🍸 match, removed Aiden Markram early in a shortened final sess🌳ion. Earlier, the visitors were bowled out for 187 in their first innings.
When no other batsmen besides Vir🔜at Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara could cross the 20s, it was Bhuvneshwar Kumar who put up a fight against the lethal p🌠ace attack of the Proteas and scored 30 runs amid very tough conditions.
Twitter went berserk in appreciation for Bhuvi as he scored 30 runs and also took a wicket towards the end of the day’s play. If Bhuvi wouldn’t have played a knock of 30 then India might have been reduced to well short of 150.
Here’s how fans reacted on Twitter:
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the all-rounde🀅r India🐈 think Hardik Pandya is.
*All conditions applied.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar's batting average in series is 34.00. Only Virat Kohli averages more (49.00) for India.
May be Virat could have playe☂d him♎ as a specialist batsman at Centurion if not as a bowler.— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket)
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Bhuvi is such an honest tri🧔er. No fan fare. No tattoos
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
Give me even one reason why girls shouldn't make babies with Bhuvneshwar Kumar?
— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar Well Played 👍🏻 worth 30.
India :1st Innings 187-10— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Why cannot Bhuvneshwar Kumar bat above Hardik Pandya in Tests? He surely has brains and a technique to counter a seaming delivery.�ꦑ�
— 𝗚𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝗼𝗱𝗵𝗶 (@GautamSodhi1)
BHUVNESHWAR KUMAR SHOULD PLAY EVERY TEST MATCH. Regardless of th🐷e dam﷽n pitch. Period.
— Raunak Kapoor (@RaunakRK)
Pic : Bhuvi entering the Indian d🀅ressing room after Indian i🍌nnings got over 🔥 Bhuvneshwar Kumar
— R (@Thomas_SheIby)
For the r💎ecord has shown grit in every innings. For Hardik and Parthiv and lot to lea♈rn. Put a price on your wicket as said!!
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
