Indian seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar said that five wickets haul against New Zealand was his “dream to take a five-wicket haul” at home.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar claimed 5 wickets for 33 runs as India took 112 runs lead in the first innings over the tourists on Day Two at the Eden Gardens on Saturday.
“It was my dream to take a five-wicket haul in India. When I got to know that I am playing and there is some assistance for the fast bowlers, I got excited. I wanted to use the opportunity. I bowled in good areas and eventually I got rewarded,” he was quoted as saying by BCCI tv.
“It is a great feeling. As we all know, there is not a great amount of assistance for the fast bowlers on Indian pitches. The ball generally remains soft and it just reverses,” he added.
Bhuvneshwar utilised the lovely grassy Eden Gardens pitch. He swung the ball both way with the pace that helped him to scalp five wickets of the seven wickets to fall in the cloudy overhead conditions.
The right arm medium pacer also said that it was the team’s plan to use the uneven bounce of the pitch.
“It was our plan to bowl stump to stump line,” he said.
New Zealand were 128 for 7 before the bad light forced umpire to call early stumps with wicketkeeper-batsman BJ Watling and Jeetan Patel on the crease at 12 and 5 respectively.
New Zealand were all out for 204 and India in the second innings scored 110 before the tea break.