Senior India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has revealed that he is staying off social media during the T20 World Cup 2022, adding it’s helping him shut out the outside noise and focus on the job at hand. Bhuvneshwar has had a fine start to his World Cup campaign in Australia, having bowled as many as 31 dot balls in 7 overs so far.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar was under considerable pressure heading into the World Cup as he took on the onus of leading the Indian bowling attack in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, who was ruled out due to an injury. Bhuvneshwar had been expensive at the death in the Asia Cup as he was taken to the cleaners by Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the Super 4 stages in the UAE in the 19th overs.
“During World Cup, I keep myself completely off from social media and have no idea what all is written about. Because it’s the social media from which you come to know all these things,” Bhuvneshwar told the media in Sydney, as quoted by PTI news agency.
Speaking about his strong comeback, Bhuvneshwar said it’s important to understand that ups and downs are part of the game and staying focused is key to finding success, especially in the T20 format which is tough on the bowlers.
“In all these years, I have had this one off tournament. It’s happened. It’s done and dusted,” he added.
” The media and commentators can say a lot of things (about death bowling), but as a team, we knew that we will have our share of ups and downs. T20 is a format where it could be tough for bowlers and even for batters if the track is difficult one. But since Asia Cup is a big event people do tend to assess you that much more,” he added.
