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Eng vs Ind (First ODI): Mid-innings – Kuldeep Yadav destroys English batting
By Sandy - Jul 12, 2018 9:30 pm
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Indian left-arm chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav destroyed the English batting line-up in the first ODI of the three-match ODI series at Trent Bridge (Nottingham) on Thursday (July 12).

Kuldeep
Kuldeep Yadav

The 23-year-old Indian spinner performed exceptionally well as he had a bowling figure of 10-0-25-6. His effort hugely helped the Indian team to bowl out the hosts for 268 runs in 49.5 overs.

After getting to bat first as the Indian skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to field first, England had a good opening start. Openers Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow provided a powerful 73-run opening partnership, before Kuldeep’s show began. The scorecard suddenly went down to 105/4 from 73/0.

While the next English batsmen provided some important partnerships, Kuldeep’s show continued to end their hard fight. With his dominating bowling skills, Kuldeep dismissed both the openers Roy (38) and Bairstow (38), Joe Root (3), Ben Stokes (50), Jos Buttler (53) and David Willey (1).

While Kuldeep produced a total of 38 dot deliveries, he neither conceded a boundary nor an extra.

Apart from Kuldeep, only Umesh Yadav (2/70) and Yuzvendra Chahal (1/51) were the other Indian bowlers to pick up at least one wicket in that innings.

Here are some important stats of Kuldeep Yadav’s impressive 10-0-25-6

  • Best ODI bowling figure by a left-arm spinner. The previous record was 6/27 by Murali Karthik (India) against Australia at Mumbai on October 17, 2007.
  • Best ODI bowling figure by an Indian bowler on the England soil. The previous best was 5/27 by Venkatesh Prasad against Pakistan at Manchester on June 8, 1999.
  • Best ODI bowling figure by any spinner against England. The previous record was 6/29 by Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) at Moratuwa on March 20, 1993.
  • Second best ODI bowling figure by an Indian spinner. The record is 6/12 by Anil Kumble against West Indies at Kolkata on November 27, 1993.
  • Second best ODI bowling figure by an Indian bowler against England. The record is 6/23 by Ashish Nehra at Durban on February 26, 2003.
  • Third best ODI bowling figure by a left-arm bowler against England.
  • Third best ODI bowling figure by an Indian bowler at outside India.
  • Third best ODI bowling figure by any spinner in a bilateral ODI series.
  • Fourth best ODI bowling figure by an Indian bowler.
  • Fourth best ODI bowling figure on the England soil.
  • Fifth best ODI bowling figure by a bowler who came to bowl at no.5 or lower.
  • Seventh best ODI bowling figure by a spinner.
  • Seventh best ODI bowling figure by a left-arm bowler.