India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar on Saturday debunked all of the reports, which talked about that the 31-year-old is just not prepared to play red-ball cricket anymore. The right-arm medium pacer, who has not been included in India’s upcoming tour to England, took to Twitter to garbage the media reports claiming the identical.
“There have been articles about me not wanting to play Test cricket. Just to clarify, I have always prepared myself for all three formats irrespective of the team selection and will continue to do the same. Suggestion – please don’t write your assumptions based on “sources”!” Bhuvneshwar wrote in his tweet.
There have been articles about me not desirous to play Test cricket. Just to make clear, I’ve at all times ready myself for all three codecs no matter the staff choice and can proceed to do the identical.
Suggestion – please don’t write your assumptions based mostly on “sources”!— Bhuvneshwar Kumar (@BhuviOfficial) May 15, 2021
India had named a 20-member Test squad final week for the tour of England throughout which the staff will play the World Test Championship closing towards New Zealand in June in addition to 5 Test matches towards the hosts in August-September.
Meanwhile, the seamer is anticipated to be included in India’s limited-over setup, which is scheduled to fly to Sri Lanka for white-ball match within the month of July.
India’s squad for WTC Final and England Tests:
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Md. Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul (topic to health clearance), Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper; topic to health clearance).
Standby gamers: Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Arzan Nagwaswalla.
