Bhuvneswar Kumar averages 100 in this ODI series

[Trichromatic]

Most wickets

Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
Kuldeep Yadav (INDIA)	5	5	41.0	1	185	16	4/23	11.56	4.51	15.3	2	0
YS Chahal (INDIA)	5	5	42.1	1	224	14	5/22	16.00	5.31	18.0	1	1
JJ Bumrah (INDIA)	5	5	34.0	1	143	6	2/32	23.83	4.20	34.0	0	0
L Ngidi (SA)	3	3	25.0	1	150	6	4/51	25.00	6.00	25.0	1	0
K Rabada (SA)	5	5	43.3	1	242	5	2/58	48.40	5.56	52.2	0	0
AL Phehlukwayo (SA)	4	4	28.0	0	156	3	2/42	52.00	5.57	56.0	0	0
HH Pandya (INDIA)	5	5	34.0	0	177	3	2/30	59.00	5.20	68.0	0	0
JP Duminy (SA)	5	4	20.0	0	125	2	2/60	62.50	6.25	60.0	0	0
M Morkel (SA)	4	4	31.0	2	164	2	1/35	82.00	5.29	93.0	0	0
CH Morris (SA)	4	4	29.0	0	173	2	1/45	86.50	5.96	87.0	0	0
B Kumar (INDIA)	5	5	33.0	2	201	2	1/19	100.50	6.09	99.0	0	0
Imran Tahir (SA)	3	3	24.3	0	133	1	1/52	133.00	5.42	147.0	0	0
AK Markram (SA)	5	1	2.0	0	20	0	-	-	10.00	-	0	0
KM Jadhav (INDIA)	3	2	6.0	0	30	0	-	-	5.00	-	0	0
T Shamsi (SA)	2	2	13.0	1	66	0	-	-	5.07	-	0	0

 

 

And he has been economic with rate higher than 6.

[Prateek3801]

Whoa, yes, this is interesting. He was too good in the test series and now it's completely the opposite in the ODI series, he was only able to hold his place because of his all round skills, he has come up and chipped in with some runs at the end quite often this series. This might be an occasional slump. His counterpart Bumrah has been great. I think, now that India have won the series, maybe Bumrah and Bhuvi might be rested which would make way for S Thakur and Shami. Probably Axar Patel could also be selected. 

 

 

[rtmohanlal]

seems he is not build for one dayers  in general .Time to go for some other one day expert in his place.

[Jamadagni]

No wonder why SA doesn't play Philander in ODIs. We are benching a bowler averaging under 25 for him. 

[velu]

his batting average is 40 .. no issues 

[express bowling]

1 hour ago, velu said:

his batting average is 40 .. no issues 

 

1.  He has scored 13 runs per innings at a SR of 87.  We need all our batters from No.4 to No.8, to up their SRs.  

2. The primary role of our top 4 bowlers has to be bowling.

[Straight Drive]

85 innings and 90 wickets is bad. The wickets tally should have been more for sure considering he is specialist bowler. 

[sandeep]

Morne Morkel averages 82 - he should stop playing ODIs right?  Even Rabada, who has bowled well - averages 48.4.

 

 

Bhuvi's had a bad series - no doubt.   But let's not get carried away with small slices of numbers.

 

 

[Temujin Khaghan]

end of Imran Tahir's career?

[Temujin Khaghan]

people say that he survives because his economy rate is fab and that he creates pressure by bowling tight, but his economy is 6+

[chapetmarunga]

should be dropped

[Cricketics]

India has lot of bowlers waiting to be tried. Best is to start rotating bowlers and rest Bhuvi and also Bumrah.

 

Note “rest” and “rotate” not dropped.

 

Our new bowlers need to be tried along with guys like “Umesh” who have played for us in recent history so that we do have a good big pool of bowlers to pick from in case we need them.

 

Bhuvi though comes right back in the picture whenever world cup or any world tournament is going on, but we shouldn’t continue to play him every game as that is also stopping us from giving chances to other bowlers.

 

 

[Pollack]

1 hour ago, sandeep said:

Morne Morkel averages 82 - he should stop playing ODIs right?  Even Rabada, who has bowled well - averages 48.4.

 

 

Bhuvi's had a bad series - no doubt.   But let's not get carried away with small slices of numbers.

 

 

Look at Morne Morkel 's economy rate.  

 

[mancalledsting]

Bhuvi clearly burnt out, smart posters predicted this. Kohli would have left him out to rest but for butt hurt backlash he received last time. 

[rkt.india]

2 hours ago, sandeep said:

Morne Morkel averages 82 - he should stop playing ODIs right?  Even Rabada, who has bowled well - averages 48.4.

 

 

Bhuvi's had a bad series - no doubt.   But let's not get carried away with small slices of numbers.

 

 

There is a huge difference between BK, Morkel and Rabada's career stats.

[Vilander]

2 hours ago, sandeep said:

Morne Morkel averages 82 - he should stop playing ODIs right?  Even Rabada, who has bowled well - averages 48.4.

 

 

Bhuvi's had a bad series - no doubt.   But let's not get carried away with small slices of numbers.

 

 

But its still a pathetic bowling effort, he has shown inability to adapt to conditions. Shami if fit should come in for him next game.

[sandeep]

14 minutes ago, Vilander said:

But its still a pathetic bowling effort, he has shown inability to adapt to conditions. Shami if fit should come in for him next game.

Yes, Bhuvi, Kohli and Chahal should be rested for the next game.  Let Shami, Pandey and Axar get a game.  I think we would still be favorites to win.

[Vilander]

5 minutes ago, sandeep said:

Yes, Bhuvi, Kohli and Chahal should be rested for the next game.  Let Shami, Pandey and Axar get a game.  I think we would still be favorites to win.

no dude Bhuvi should be rested and Shami replace him as Bhuv is not doing well. Chahal and Kuldeep play on to ensure India wins basically. This should be done to make bowling stronger.

[Shunya]

One of the worst series for him. Next in line should get a look in. 

[rkt.india]

The problem has not just been average of lack of wickets. He was never a great wicket taker in ODIs, but high ER despite SA's low scores in 4 out of 5 games.  i have noticed that they are really respecting Bumrah who till now has the lowest ER among all the specialist bowlers from both sides and are just trying to play him out while trying to attack BK.