Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has recently shared his cricketing experiences in a chat show named “Breakfast With Champions”. While he shared his experience the day when he dismissed Sachin Tendulkar for a duck in a Ranji match, he also revealed other inside news like how Ishant Sharma changed him or who is the biggest ‘feku’ in Indian cricket team.
The 28-year-old right-arm Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has recently chatted with Gaurav Kapur in the “Breakfast With Champions” show, where he shared his lots of personal experiences.
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Bhuvneshwar came to the limelight for the first time at the age of just 19 when he dismissed Indian legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar for a duck in a Ranji trophy game. It was Sachin’s first duck in the Indian domestic first-class cricketing career.
It was the 2008/09 Ranji Trophy final between Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh in Hyderabad, where Sachin was caught out by Shivakant Shukla at the short mid-wicket for a duck in a Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s delivery.
In the chat show, Kumar revealed their earlier meeting moment in that morning.
He said, “I came out of the room and there was a noise of someone locking the door when I turned back it was Sachin Tendulkar…. Then I went with him inside the lift, kept staring at him, was left blank, he wished me luck before the match.”
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Kumar also credited the Indian tall fast bowler Ishant Sharma for making him comfortable in the dressing room and for finishing his hesitation.
Kumar said on that, “Credit Ishant Sharma, when I came to the team, I did not use to speak to someone, had hesitation, was reserve type. If something important use to happen I used to tell him.”
Kumar also revealed that the biggest ‘feku’ in the Indian cricket team. The ‘feku’ is a Hindi slang which means lying confidently. Kumar claimed that Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is the biggest ‘feku’.
Here is the full video of that chat show:
