Bhuvenshwar Kumar believes SA tour has given India confidence to go to Australia and England

India pulled off a stunning win last night in the third and final T20I match of the three-match series versus hosts South Africa. India edged out winners by a narrow margin of just seven runs as death-over specialist Bhuvaneshwar Kumar held his nerve in the final over to help the Indian team win the series by a scoreline of 2-1. After an impressive showing in the Test series and the ODI series, Kumar played a vital role in the three-match T20I series as well to help the Indians to secure two trophies out of a possible three. He insisted that this tour will help boost the team’s morale ahead of vital tours to England and Australia.

"We don't want to be too greedy and we are happy with these two trophies. Hopefully next time we will win all the three trophies,"

"This tour has been brilliant, particularly talking about Test series. Yes we lost two matches, but they were very close. We could have also lost 3-0 or won 2-1 instead. But it gives us confidence in whatever way we have played, and we are ready to go to England and Australia, and do better there," Bhuvaneshwar said off PTI sources.

Kumar, who was adjudged as Man Of the Series last night, insisted that the variations in his bowling have helped him improve in the 20-over format.

"T20 cricket is all about using variations and timing has to be perfect. Whatever knuckle ball I have bowled, I wanted batsmen to go after that. That way you can get wickets and that's one of the main reasons why I have been successful in power plays," Kumar said.

Kumar was full of praise for Heinrich Klaasen and Christian Jonker who have emerged as potential first-team players for the South African team after impressive displays in the recently concluded series.

"Heinrich Klaasen is an amazing player given the way he batted in the last two matches and in the ODIs also. They are very good players. When you play against new players, you don't know what their strengths are, especially Christiaan Jonker, we didn't know what he does. It is never easy to play first match against any player. They are new players but I think we bowled well to get them out," Bhuvneshwar added.