Kuldeep Yadav has recently emerged as one of India’s most impressive talents. Fans and pundits encouraged Indian team management to give him more opportunity during the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy earlier this year. However, Kuldeep was forced to sit out the entire five-match tour of England. The left-arm spinner, on the other hand, demonstrated his talent during India’s victorious Asia Cup campaign last month, finishing as the tournament’s leading wicket-taker by a significant margin. In seven matches, he took 17 wickets at an average of 9.29.
Moments before the second Test between India and the West Indies at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium, Kuldeep referred to fellow left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja as his “Guru”. Both of them wrecked havoc in the first Test in Ahmedabad, taking eight wickets over two innings. Jadeja also scored an unbroken 104 off 176 deliveries, earning the Player of the Match award.
“It’s very important to hit the lengths perfectly and be very accurate. As you can see Jadeja is here and he is my guru from the England tour. I’ve been very consistent throughout the Asia Cup and here as well, just hitting the right lengths. When you keep hitting the right length, you feel like you are bowling well. We hardly talk about anything (with Jadeja) cricket-related but yeah, it’s good to have him around,” Kuldeep told JioHotstar.
Kuldeep Yadav explains difference in bowling in T20 and Test cricket
The Uttar Pradesh spinner said that bowling plans are totally different in Tests when compared to T20Is. In the red-ball format, he tries to pitch the ball up and make the batter drive. On the other hand, in the shortest format, he bowls flatter instead of giving the ball too much air.
“Playing red-ball is totally different from the T20 format. I personally feel I bowled enough in England, though I did not get a game. Practice wise, I was right up there. Playing the T20 format, you have to change the trajectory of the ball and you can’t go too lollypop there. But here (Test), you have to pitch the ball up and make the batter drive the ball,” said Kuldeep Yadav (via the aforementioned source).
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