Team India pace bowler Arshdeep Singh recalled a hilarious moment involving India spinner Kuldeep Yadav during their recent away Test series against England as well. The five-match Test series was drawn 2-2. Ahead of the fourth Test in Manchester, the Indian team met Premier League football club Manchester United’s players at their training facility in Old Trafford as well. It was a fun collaboration as players from both teams were involved in fun activities and played a bit of cricket and football together as well.

“Even if you tell him the ‘foot’ of football, he will start talking for an hour and a half. I did not know a lot about the players as I don’t have much knowledge about football. He started telling the players things about their formations and that they should play attacking, who should play left wing right wing etc. I was like what is he doing. I told Kuldeep you can’t run faster than them, neither do you have the strength to escape from them. I told him I am leaving,” he said on ‘Breakfast with Champions’.

However, India were in a do-or-die situation to save the series in the final Test as well. England were ahead 2-1 but India pulled off a stunning win to level the series at The Oval. England needed just 35 more runs to win on the final day with four wickets in hand but India managed to defend the same and won the game by six runs.

“The team environment was calm as such. We had the belief. We knew that if we bowl with discipline, they will take chances. That’s what happened. The trust got more when we got a wicket early on. Emotions are always there. Bringing that energy in this format on the fifth day of the last Test is a commendable effort, specially the way Siraj bowled,” Arshdeep Singh concluded.