Bhuvneshwar Kumar's favourites: AB de Villiers, Novak Djokovic, '3 Idiots' and more

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Bengaluru, July 24: India paceman Bhuvneshwar Kumar today said South Africa captain AB de Villiers is his favourite cricketer and is ready to pay to watch his batting at any ground.

The 25-year-old Bhuvneshwar, who is preparing for the Test series against Sri Lanka, revealed his favourites on and off the field in an interview to the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) website on Friday.

Talking about his best childhood memory, he said, "The first time I went for the Uttar Pradesh trials. I must have been 13-14 years old. That feeling of nervousness going there for the first time is still fresh in my mind and so is the joy of getting selected."

The right-arm paceman from Uttar Pradesh has so far played 12 Tests and 50 ODIs for India. He said his favourite cricket ground is Lord's in England.

Talking about his favourite movie, he picks Aamir Khan starred Bollywood flick "3 Idiots". His best musician is AR Rahman.

If he was not a cricketer, Bhuvneshwar said he would have been an Army officer. In other sports, he likes Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic.

Besides stating that he would play to watch De Villiers, Bhuvneshwar also said he would do the same for Pakistani pace legend Wasim Akram.

His most-liked super hero is Superman and his dream car is Aston Martin. His celebrity crushes are Alia Bhatt and Shraddha Kapoor. And his best cricket friend is team-mate Ishant Sharma.

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