Bengaluru, May 7 -- Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar on Wednesday opened up on his beginnings as a cricketer during his school days and how he developed as a dependable lethal swing bowler.

Bhuvneshwar was speaking in a video posted on RCB's official X handle. The 'Swing King', as he is known by his fans, last played for India in a T20I against New Zealand in November 2022. Since then, younger pacers like Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Mayank Yadav etc have been given chances to play alongside stars like Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj etc.

In his Indian career, since his debut in 2012, he has taken 294 wickets in 229 matches at an average of 29.50, with best figures of 6/82.

Speaking in the video, Bhuvneshwar said that it was during his da...