With his undefeatable and rare in the continent left-arm chinaman bowling, young spinner Kuldeep Yadav has made a concrete place for himself in the Indian cricket team in a short period of time. Kuldeep was initially a fast bowler but on the perusal of his childhood coach in a cricket academy in Kanpur, he developed himself to become a left-arm wrist spinner, a rare breed of bowlers in India. The Uttar Pradesh-based spinner made his international debut on March 25, 2017, in a Test match against Australia in Dharamsala. Following an impressive Test outing, Kuldeep made his ODI debut on June 23, 2017, facing West Indies at Port of Spain. On the same tour of Caribbean islands, he managed to make his T20I debut on July 9, 2017 at Kingston. He, along with leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, charmed the national team selectors with his mystical bowling and replaced experienced spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the squads for the shorter format of cricket.
Read MoreKuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal, India's famed wrist spin duo, were hammered for 160 runs in their combined 20 overs on Sunday.
Wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav says India have showed they can defend relatively smaller totals with victories over WI and AFK in the ongoing World Cup.
The spinning duo will be key to India's chances of lifting the World Cup, according to former Australian batsman Michael Hussey.
Kuldeep Yadav insisted that he never lost his rhythm in the entire game, adding that Babar Azam's dismissal broke Pakistan's rhythm.
Kuldeep, after an indifferent IPL, was back in rhythm during the opening game against South Africa where he got JP Duminy's wicket and bowled well in tandem with Chahal.
Kuldeep Yadav said that the 2019 World Cup could be MS Dhoni's last and therefore, the team wants it to go well for him.
There was a spell of rain on Monday and forecast of cloudy weather and shower on Wednesday in Southampton and that has been confusing the team management about which all-rounder to go with against South Africa.
Chinaman bowler Kuldeep was not his best yet returned a three-wicket haul against Bangladesh, foxing the 'Tigers' on numerous occasions.
Yuzvendra Chahal is back with Chahal TV and this time he has Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and MS Dhoni appearing on his show. Take a look.
Rohit Sharma was asked to reveal who is late to the bus, obsessed with selfies, watches romantic comedies the most and much more and the Hitman didn't hold back while answering.
The Virat Kohli-led India side experimented in the first 2019 World Cup warm-up game against New Zealand but the results were far from satisfactory as they went down by 6 wickets at The Oval.
The Indian skipper has backed Kuldeep Yadav despite his poor form in the IPL, stating that the spinner will learn from the experience.
Yuzvendra Chahal said that he will prepare himself for the World Cup in England after seeing the wickets there.
Kuldeep Yadav said that his IPL performance won't affect his World Cup form and he is back on track on getting his basics right.
With dry surfaces on offer, spinners will have an important role to play in the World Cup in England and Wales this summer.
Kuldeep's respect for the seniors in the team is evident from the fact that he believes that the success that Chahal and he have managed to achieve is due to the trio of Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
Kuldeep Yadav posted a clarification on his social media account after false reports over his comment on MS Dhoni surfaced in the media.
Yuzvendra Chahal said that the experience of other players in the team has been helpful for the pair.
Kuldeep Yadav made the remarks in jest when asked whether he, in any point of time in his career, had questioned the former India World Cup-winning captain about his tips.
KKR faced a lot of criticism for dropping Kuldeep in the last two matches against Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians before the upcoming World Cup.
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