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.

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.

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.