Bhuvneshwar Kumar: I can swing the ball more than the others

• I believe I still swing the ball; but as a bowler you also need conditions to assist your swing bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

• I am very confident about my bowling at the moment. As a bowler, there are times when you do not get wickets: Bhuvneshwar.

• I have not intentionally tried to gain pace in my bowling. It is something that has developed with time: Bhuvneshwar.

Bhuvneshwar has had a tough year of 2015 thus far, but he retains a lot of confidence in his bowling. © AFP

After a solid second spell in India's 22-run series-levelling victory against South Africa in Indore, Indian bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has expressed his self-confidence in his ability to swing the ball. The Indore wicket, renowned to assist the batsmen, negated Bhuvneshwar's early attempts to get the ball to move, as a result of which, he conceded quite a few runs early on. The Meerut pacer, however, reckons he still can swing the ball more than the others around him.

"I believe I still swing the ball; but as a bowler you also need conditions to assist your swing bowling. If there is someone who is able to swing the ball, I believe I have it in me to swing it a bit more than the other bowlers. But I also need a bit of assistance from the conditions to swing the ball. I have not intentionally tried to gain pace in my bowling. It is something that has developed with time," Bhuvneshwar was quoted as saying by bcci.tv.

Bhuvneshwar has had a tough year of 2015 thus far, but he retains a lot of confidence in his bowling and feels he will eventually be amongst the wickets. On Wednesday, the scrawny pacer failed to give India an early breakthrough in his first spell of three overs as South Africa chased a relatively to low total. When he returned for his second spell, however, he bowled better line and length and got the ball to bounce a little extra to account for David Miller's first-ball scalp as the Proteas committed hara-kiri in an otherwise straightforward chase.

"I am very confident about my bowling at the moment. As a bowler there are times when you do not get wickets and you don't have the numbers to show against your name. But never has the thought crossed my mind that I am not a confident bowler and the wickets are not coming my way. If you are confident you will end up getting wickets at the end of the day which is exactly what happened tonight. I did not get wickets at the start of the innings but we knew that if there were a few quick blows, South Africa would find it difficult to chase the total down. I was extremely confident of picking wickets when the game was well poised and heading towards a tight finish. It was all about being patient and bowling well which would get me wickets."

Bhuvneshwar eventually finished with figures of 3/41 in 8.4 overs as South Africa fell short in their quest for a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. With honours even at the moment, the action shifts to Rajkot for the third ODI on October 18.