Senior pro Bhuvneshwar Kumar has bowled quite beautifully in the T20 World Cup thus far, and it was in keeping with his recent run that he turned in another tidy performance at the Optus Stadium on Sunday night.

The swing specialist was desperately unlucky not to find reward for making the new ball ‘talk,’ repeatedly going past the bat of South African skipper Temba Bavuma without once catching the outside edge. He had come into the World Cup under a bit of a cloud, especially given his profligacy in the death overs, but in decidedly bowler-friendly conditions, he has come into his own, using the new ball to excellent effect and bowling tidily when summoned in the middle and end overs.