Chapter is maybe closed: Ashwin on Bhuvneshwar's India career

Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin opined that there was a "night and day difference" between Bhuvneshwar Kumar's form in IPL 2026 and in T20I series against New Zealand. "I think that chapter is maybe closed...How will he come back?" he added, reflecting on Bhuvneshwar's India career. Bhuvneshwar finished the New Zealand series with one wicket and economy rate of 11.50.