Kuldeep Yadav, a left-arm wrist spin sensation from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, was born on December 14, 1994. In 2017, Kuldeep played his first ODI at Queen’s Park Oval against the West Indies. Kuldeep Yadav has taken 152 wickets in 90 ODIs with an excellent average of 25.62 and a strike rate of over 30. He had an amazing hat trick and led India in wickets at the 2014 u19 World Cup.
His standout achievement came in the 2016 Duleep Trophy, where he finished the competition with 17 wickets in five innings to take the season’s most wickets. He gained notoriety when he scored three times in an ODI match against Australia in 2017. When he was teamed with Chahal, India was a force to be reckoned with as they outperformed Ashwin and Jadeja in terms of selection committee attention.
Kuldeep Yadav World Cup performance in 2019 was only average; he finished the competition with six wickets in seven games. He was in and out of the side because of a decline in performance. He was criticized for not bowling quickly enough because batters could easily play him. Since 2022, he has proven his detractors wrong with a mind-blowing bowling performance, taking 45 wickets in 24 innings at an average of 19.15. Kuldeep is second in this period only to Mohammed Siraj in terms of wickets.
With a four-fer against Sri Lanka and a five-fer against Pakistan, he had the best of the Asia Cup. Kuldeep also received the Asia Cup 2023 Player of the Series award. India’s World Cup success depends on Kuldeep if they want to win the third ODI World Cup. Kuldeep took 150 ODI wickets in 88 games, making him the second-fastest Indian to do it.
Kuldeep Yadav ODI Stats
Matches | Innings | Wickets | Average | Strike Rate | Eco | 4W/5W | BBI |
90 | 87 | 152 | 25.62 | 29.9 | 5.13 | 7/2 | 6/25 |