Indian chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav finished the first ODI against England with an unbelievable spell of 6/25 in his quota of 10 overs at Trent Bridge. But what makes his effort even more special is the recent history of the ground as it has been known to be a batting paradise and even the visitors confirmed that while chasing down England’s total of 268. India reached the target in 40.1 overs with 8 wickets in the bag.

Speaking after the game, Yadav clarified that obviously, he looking forward to playing Test cricket as he said, “I am hoping for a Test call.”

In fact, Kohli too didn’t rule out the possibility when he said: “Anything is possible with the selections for Tests and there might be a few surprises. Kuldeep is making a strong case for himself and so is (Yuzvendra) Chahal. And looking at the way, the English batsmen have struggled against them, we might be tempted to do it.”

WATCH – Kuldeep dismantles England in an over!

Yadav revealed that the very first over gave him confidence that this was his game and he could spin a web on the English batsmen.

Talking about his strategy, Kuldeep said, “For me, it is a big day. I started off well in the first few overs. Luckily I got a couple of wickets in the first two overs. For me, it does not matter if the ground is small. Initially, I thought there was a lot of turns and after the first over, I knew I was in the game.”

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Yadav also revealed that he is expecting the Englishmen to come hard on him and in fact, he is already thinking about how he wants to bowl in the right areas and keep troubling the England players through the series.

The leggies concluded, “If you are bowling in the right areas and you are using the variations perfectly, then it is pretty hard for the batsman. I know they will come back hard at us in the next game.”