The young Indian chinaman, Kuldeep Yadav credit MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli for him being effective as a bowler in the international arena. Apart from that he also felt that Kohli and Dhoni are also the reason behind the great run of the Indian team. Kuldeep said that the Indian stalwarts have always guided him and backed his abilities.
Kuldeep (along with fellow spinner Yuzvendra Chahal) is expected to play a crucial role in India’s World Cup 2019 campaign in England and Wales. In the last season, Yadav scalped nine wickets in three ODI matches, including figures of 6-25 on July 2018 against the hosts in Nottingham.
As per the recent quotes in IANS, Kuldeep said, “Credit has been given to us (Kuldeep and Chahal), but we couldn’t have been half as effective had it not been for the senior pros guiding us. You need a skipper who backs you and believes in your ability to shine on the big stage. You think we could have been so successful if (Virat) Kohli bhai had not given us the freedom to attack? I don’t think so.”
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Yadav also shared the experience when the senior players in the Indian side such as Dhoni, Virat, and Rohit Sharma guided him and he attributed them for the successes that he and Chahal have achieved in the past couple of years.
Kuldeep further elaborated, “What we have achieved as a team in the last couple of seasons has a lot to do with the way Kohli bhai and (MS) Dhoni bhai guide us in the middle. While you can all hear Dhoni bhai constantly guiding us on the stump microphone, Kohli bhai and Rohit (Sharma) bhai work closely with Dhoni bhai to actually plan our strategies.”
The young chinaman also shared his plan to tackle KKR teammate Andre Russell, who scored 510 runs in 14 matches with a strike rate of 204.81, the highest strike rate in IPL 2019.
Kuldeep said, “He attacks spinners less. If you spin the ball, he is not too comfortable with that. If you spin the ball, I think that’s his weakness. Any spinner will benefit if the ball turns. Everyone struggles and Russell is no different.”
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India will play two warm-up matches prior to the World Cup — against New Zealand on May 25 and against Bangladesh on May 28. They begin their World Cup campaign against South Africa on June 5.
