Praveen lives a dream at 'Home of Cricket'

Praveen lives a dream at 'Home of Cricket'

On cloud nine after his maiden five-for in Tests at the 'Home of Cricket', Indian pacer Praveen Kumar said such was his excitement that he didn't feel the fatigue of bowling 40 overs in an innings during the ongoing match against England at the Lord's.

“It's a dream to get five wickets at Lord's. It is very special. I didn't mind bowling that many overs since I do bowl 30-35 overs in domestic cricket. In the absence of Zaheer (Khan), I had to shoulder that responsibility,” stated the right-arm swing bowler, who now has 17 Test wickets.

Praveen picked up 5 for 106 and kept coming at batsmen even though there was little support from the other end on Thursday.

The shy young man, who missed the World Cup due to injury, believed that God has a way of making up for the losses.

“If you lose somewhere, God makes it up in some other way. I can only work hard and play cricket. I missed World Cup due to injury but this might have happened with any athlete,” he said.