Praveen Kumar stands out as bowling hero for India – Cricket News Update
His team may have been going through a humiliating debacle on the proceeding Tour to England; however, for Indian spearhead, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Kumar-c2143, it has been a good tour with him giving exceptional bowling performances throughout the fixtures, hoping to secure
some ground for his team.
Being the prime wicket taker for the Indian tourists, Kumar, managed to make worthy use of his swing bowling, which earned the pacer some useful English scalps.
Following a list of English big guns, including http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711, Kumar stood out to be the fourth highest wicket taker during the opening Test series of the tour.
From a lot of 3 matches, the pacer secured an impressive bag of 15 wickets, including his best innings performance of 5 for 106, which came during the first Test match at the Lord’s venue, on July 21, 2011.
Though http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 marked an opening loss at the series, Kumar trailed into delivering another superb performance with the ball, securing a total of 7 wickets on the second Test match at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
As for the third and final Test match for Kumar, the Indian trotted into bagging another couple of wickets, but failed to deliver a performance on the second innings, following a massive defeat faced by India, worth an innings and 242 runs.
During the fourth and final Test match of the series, Kumar joined the long list of injured Indian players after suffering from an ankle injury. The player’s spot on the squad was then taken over by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RP-Singh-c87028.
However, for the one-off Twenty20 (T20) bout played between India and England at the Old Trafford, Manchester, on August 31, Kumar marked his return, delivering an opening blow at the English top order, sending off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Hales-c985 on a duck.
As for the recent opening One Day International (ODI) fixture, Kumar came out with another spell of dominant bowling, securing two quick wickets, putting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 under fire. However, the match remained to be indecisive following rain hit conditions.
While India trails into suffering a streak of defeats at the hands of the English hosts, the visiting side’s skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, may still cherish the presence of Kumar, banking on the pacer to deliver a potent run on the upcoming 3 ODI fixtures.
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