Swing it like Bhuvneshwar: Twitter reacts to pacer’s fifer on Test return

Bhuvi swung the match back into India’s favour by playing major role in dismissing West Indies for 225, thus ensuring a healthy 128-run lead for India.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has gone through enough highs and lows in his career. Right from a spectacular debut to becoming Team India’s pace spearhead to witnessing lows when he was dropped from the playing XI, Bhuvi has seen it all. So it was not a surprise when he bounced back in style when he finished as the leading bowler in the Indian Premier League (IPL) season nine. ALSO READ: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shikhar Dhawan part of ‘Fine Committee’ formed by Anil Kumble.

A ticket to the plane for Caribbean soon followed but he had to bide his time as Umesh Yadav was preferred over him for the first two Tests. But when the team management decided to field him in place of a scratchy Umesh for the third Test, Bhuvneshwar repaid the faith by taking a fantastic fifer on his Test return.

Bhuvi swung the match back into India’s favour by playing major role in dismissing West Indies for 225, thus ensuring a healthy 128-run lead for India. His scalps included the likes of last match heroes Jermaine Blackwood, Shane Dowrich, tailenders Jason Holder and Alzarri Joseph and the experienced Marlon Samuels, whom he cleaned up with a peach of a delivery. At stumps on Day four, India were 3 for 157, with an overall lead of 285.

The Twitter universe heaped praises on the cricketer from Uttar Pradesh, and here we bring to you some of those tweets:

What a spell this from @BhuviOfficial Setting it up for India nicely@BCCI #IndvsWI #WIvInd

— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) August 12, 2016

Thrilled firstly that @BhuviOfficial has been given an opportunity & secondly he’s bagged 5 wkts. #congratulations #WIvIND

— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) August 12, 2016

So happy for Bhuvi. Excellent Test comeback. Simple, earnest cricketer who deserves all the success in the game. #WIvInd

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) August 12, 2016

Bhuvi what a change over mama
Too good#IndvsWI

— Conte- THE HAMMER (@ranveerpol6161) August 12, 2016

Outstanding bowling by #Bhuvi
Now India can take chance to win this test@BhuviOfficial 5 wkt again proved that he is India’s best bowler

— Akash Gupta (@iamAkash_ak) August 12, 2016

If Bhuvi was a Pakistani bowler, there would have been an article explaining that Samuels wicket by now.

— Muzammil VagoZz (@Musammilkv) August 12, 2016

Thank God That catch was held…. Sp proud of that spell by Bhuvi.. one of the finest bowled by our fast bowlers in recent times.. #IndvsWI

— Ddevanshu Wadhawan (@Ddevanshu9) August 12, 2016

Always considered Bhuvi to be the best Indian fast bowler of current era.. I have no idea how he didn’t make the 11 earlier.. #WIvIND

— karthik (@sillykarthik) August 12, 2016

5 wickets for bhuvi and what a spell of swing bowling this has been from him

— SA (@False10_) August 12, 2016

Finally Bhuvi got a fifer ! Mindblowing spell Man #IndvsWI

— ßєคɾɖ ßɷყ (@BeingFlicked) August 12, 2016

5 wickets in a single spell. Wonder how often that has happened

— Neerav (@welloffcourse) August 12, 2016

Thanks Shikhar for holding on to that one!! 5 wickets for Bhuvi, only 5th Indian to achieve this feat. Incredible effort. #IndvsWI

— Abhijit Khamaru (@avi3791) August 12, 2016

Well Done Bhuvi ..5 Wickets

— Gaurav Sharma (@gauravindoriya) August 12, 2016

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