Kuldeep Yadav’s time is now. Kuldeep Yadav claim his 150th ODI wicket. Yadav claim his 150th ODI wicket on Tuesday at the R Premadasa in Colombo. Bowling Sri Lanka’s Matheesha Pathirana between his legs.
Pathirana simply didn’t know how to play that jumbled delivery, and that’s what Kuldeep Yadav aspires for: to make simple things beautiful.
Kuldeep Yadav is a wizard who weaves magic with his wrist-spin after technical changes, and every time he floats one little faster these days, the batters just don’t know how to play it.
The 28-year-old’s talent with the white ball has always been formidable. The most remarkable aspect of his bowling has been his fearless approach, mental toughness to battle after getting hammered all over the park, and eagerness to improve with time.
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Variations are a powerful weapon in Kuldeep’s armory
They’ve been on full exhibit for years, and they’re still on display in the Asia Cup 2023. The Kanpur-born hero started slowly but had a bad fate versus Nepal. He bowled with venom but failed to take a wicket in his ten-over performance.
When it came to the Pakistan game, Kuldeep Yadav stole the show after centuries from Virat Kohli and KL Rahul. Kuldeep Yadav took Fakhar Zaman and began to weave a web around Pakistan. To complete his second ODI fifer, he chose Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, and Faheem Ashraf.
India has already played two days in a row after the Pakistan game was moved to the reserve day. This served as a litmus test for my recovery, conditioning, and match preparation. Rohit Sharma made the correct decision at the toss and chose to bat first. After Virat Kohli, the skipper became the second fastest ODI player to reach 10,000 runs.
Dunith Wellalage and Charith Asalanka each took nine wickets to reduce India to 213. Sri Lanka were in danger before even spin was deployed, chasing a good total in difficult conditions. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj made the new ball talk and pinned Sri Lanka back.
Once Rohit Sharma introduced Kuldeep Yadav, there was no turning back as the spinner claimed the in-form Sadeera Samarawickrama and first-innings hero Charith Asalanka. He then cleaned up the Lankan tail to enable India qualify for the finals of the upcoming Asia Cup 2023.
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