Feels good to do well at Lord's, says Kumar

India medium pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar today said the onus will be on his bowling attack to quickly get rid of the remaining English batting on day three of the second Test at Lord's here.
Kumar took 4-46 in the hosts' first innings as they reached 219/6 at stumps on day two in reply to India's 295 all out.
"I am enjoying bowling in England. It is definitely a good feeling to do well at Lord's," Kumar said about his incisive spells.
"I have been watching Test cricket at this ground since I was a child and this is something I have been looking forward to for a long time."

Talking about a disciplined bowling performance from the Indian attack on day two, he added, "The plan is to bowl outside the off-stump. There has been assistance from the wicket in this Test but even then it is important to stay disciplined.
"We learnt from the English bowling on day one and we saw that they bowled too short at times. So we watched and learnt what lengths to bowl and adjusted out bowling accordingly."

The Indian bowling didn't allow the English batsmen to settle down at any stage during the day's play and at one stage they were reduced to 113/4 before Gary Ballance's second Test century -- and a second one at Lord's in two matches here - saved the day for them.

"Now it is a little bit easy to bat as the wicket is easing out a bit. But there is still some help in the pitch for our bowlers and we need to take more wickets tomorrow. It will be easier for the batsmen to bat on day three but it can be difficult if we can bowl in the right areas," said Kumar.
The medium pacer hailing from Uttar Pradesh considers Praveen Kumar his personal hero. His team-mate had been the star bowler for India on the ill-fated 2011 tour.
"I have learnt a lot from Praveen Kumar. I have bowled with him earlier and I even had a chat with him before coming here.

"In the IPL, I learnt from Dale Steyn. Our bowling styles are quite different but he is a great bowler and you can always pick something from the way he bowls. He has given me a lot of tips during matches which I have tried in my bowling," he said.