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With T20I World Cup looming large, the profligate spells of Bhuvneshwar Kumar in death overs have created a massive headache for Team India. Thrice in the last couple of weeks, Bhuvneshwar has failed to finish off the game for India.

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Bhuvi Magic Fading?Last night against Australia, Bhuvneshwar conceded 16 runs off the penultimate over. He struggled to get his yorker land on the spot, and was punished by Matthew Wade. He also bowled four wides.

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Bhuvneshwar is unlikely to handle death over duties in the near future after a string of failures. Captain Rohit Sharma will look to utilise his three overs in the Powerplay, and the remaining one in the middle phase. Let's take a look at five of his most expensive death overs.

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India vs South Africa, 2022Bhuvneshwar Kumar had a great start to this game as he picked an early wicket of Temba Bavuma. But he failed to end the game on the same note, conceding 22 runs off the 18th over. Bhuvneshwar looked clueless against the brute power of David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen.

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India vs Pakistan,  2022In the Super 4 clash against Pakistan, India had 41 runs to defend in the last four overs. Bhuvneshwar, however, conceded 19 runs off his final over, and Pakistan won that game comfortably by five wickets.

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India vs England, 2018In a low-scoring clash where England could only manage 159/8, Bhuvneshwar Kumar went at over 11 runs per over. In the 17th over, Bhuvneshwar leaked 18 runs as he was picked apart by David Willey.

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India vs West Indies, 2019It was a high-scoring affair where Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the only pacer who managed to contain the West Indies batters. But his bowling figures were spoiled by the final over, in which he gave away 17 runs.

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India vs New Zealand, 2019Bhuvneshwar Kumar's figures for this match read 4-0-47-1. Asked to bowl the 19th over, he erred in his line and length and conceded 17 runs off his over. India lost that game by 80 runs.