Bhuvi : Seriously over rated bowler in LOIs.

[Pollack]

What does team management see in bhuvi. His stats are damn mediocre and he never sets the stage on fire in LOI even at his best. When he is bowling well he is just economical. Why not Shami in place of Bhuvi in playing eleven?

Dis cuss

[kubrickian]

Supposedly to add batting depth. 

[vvvslaxman]

SHoulder effort is not there or something is missing. He is not able to extract the same zip like others even though his release speed is higher. Ishant sharma would have thoroughly enjoyed this wicket. 

[sandeep]

1 minute ago, vvvslaxman said:

SHoulder effort is not there or something is missing.

He was bowling faster than Bumrah today.

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, sandeep said:

He was bowling faster than Bumrah today.

yes. That is why we should not be fooled by release speeds. Phelu with much slower speed extract much better from the surface. Bhuvi just floats the ball rather than hitting the hard length. Bumrah was far more of a threat than Bhuvi.

[Cricketics]

He will get Finch and Smith early against Australia I feel. 

[rkt.india]

Need someone like Saini on these bouncy pitches. 

[vvvslaxman]

3 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Need someone like Saini on these bouncy pitches. 

Even on bouncy pitch Bhuvi has to really pitch short to extract bounce. All the other bowlers extracted bounce from a good length. May be his bowling style, release style is not allowing him to do that.

[Vilander]

not sure what happened today, seems to have bowled fast - but what happened in the initial overs. His last over was good. 

[sandeep]

17 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

He will get Finch and Smith early against Australia I feel. 

Tere mooh mein laddu pede 

[kubrickian]

1 hour ago, vvvslaxman said:

yes. That is why we should not be fooled by release speeds. Phelu with much slower speed extract much better from the surface. Bhuvi just floats the ball rather than hitting the hard length. Bumrah was far more of a threat than Bhuvi.

Agree. Speed guns are so deceptive. They just show the release speed I reckon. If you watch some bowlers, its obvious the ball travels through quicker and zips through more than others even though speedometer shows otherwise.

 

You just need to see how the batsmen play and react than just go with speed guns. Quick bowlers have a tendency to hurry the batsmen. There was an ocean of difference between Bumrah and Bhuvi today even though speed guns showed them bowling at almost the same speed.

[Cricketics]

4 minutes ago, kubrickian said:

 

 

You just need to see how the batsmen play and react than just go with speed guns. Quick bowlers have a tendency to hurry the batsmen. There was an ocean of difference between Bumrah and Bhuvi today even though speed guns showed them bowling at almost the same speed.

Speed guns an be wrong, yes, like many times they are not perfect, but what you mentioned isn't a way to judge the speed. Unless you are looking from a side angle from a spider cam or something, then you can judge. Because on tv, the balls being bowled a full or below good length height, won't look as fast regardless of the bowler. Odd one will look faster and you can differentiate like a quick short ball etc, but generally a regular ball on the stumps or below good length will not tell you how fast it is, and hence batsmen reaction won't give you any indication.

 

Unless you have side angle view, thats the best view you can have to judge the speed. 

[G_B_]

did a pretty decent job today imo

[maniac]

Knuckle bowler is at best a 3rd seamer. Has done nothing to deserve a slot ahead of Shami

[Nikola]

36 minutes ago, G_B_ said:

did a pretty decent job today imo

lol what? even Phehlukwayo looked more threatening than him today.

[The Realist]

He's in Eng to model/sell lipstick. Seem to think he can appeal to to the transgender crowd.

 

[Adi BB]

Disappointing first spell today with the new ball when there was a lot of movement off the pitch .bhuvi has to bend his back to extract bounce or try to get movement off the air by pitching it up  but he wasnt doing either today .

He was more on the conservative side

[Pollack]

19 hours ago, kubrickian said:

Supposedly to add batting depth. 

Can bhuvi play an innings like NCN today at no 8. Bhuvi may be a good no 8 batsman 20 years back. He cannot strike the ball hard. Doesn't matter if you have proper technique for this position. One should know how to use the long handle like Harbhajan, Zaheer, Srinath, Agarkar etc.

[Nikhil_cric]

He bowled OK. We need a 6'3" + seamer to partner bumrah. Bhuvi is not a bad bowler but is just too floaty most of the time. In NZ, he was hitting the deck somewhat and even Mike hesson pointed it out on commentary. Guess he'll never be strong enough to do that on a consistent basis. 

[Temujin Khaghan]

He is floating the ball at 90mph...

I mean wtf..

 

That's like being practicing celibacy inside the playboy mansion. What's the use of bowling at that speed if you don't hit it hard on the pitch.