On Saturday, the Indian left-arm chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav bowls superbly in the third innings of the first Test of two-match home Test series against Windies at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium (Rajkot). In this innings, Yadav managed to take his maiden five-wicket haul in a Test innings.

In the reply of India’s first innings total 649/9 decl., Windies were bundled out for just 181 runs in their first innings where Kuldeep Yadav ended with the bowling figure of 10-1-62-1.

After forcing to follow-on, Windies’ struggle continues as they are batting on 185/8 at the end of the second session of the third day of this Test match. Kuldeep has impressed in this innings and he has a bowling figure of 14-2-57-5. Playing his fourth Test match and bowling his seventh Test innings, Yadav claims his first ever five-wicket haul in a Test innings.

Here are some important stats of Kuldeep Yadav’s maiden five-wicket haul in Test career

• It is Kuldeep Yadav’s third five-wicket haul in the international cricket career. In every international cricket formats (Test, ODI and T20I), Yadav has claimed the five-wicket haul for once.
• As Kuldeep Yadav claims all the five-wicket hauls in international cricket in 2018, he becomes the first ever bowler to claim at least one five-wicket haul in each of three international cricket formats (Test, ODI and T20I) in a calendar year.
• Only the second bowler to claim five-wicket hauls at least once in each of three international cricket formats (Test, ODI and T20I). Indian right-arm pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the first man to achieve this feat.
• The third spinner to claim five-wicket hauls at least once in each of three international cricket formats (Test, ODI and T20I). The other two bowlers in this list are Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka) and Imran Tahir (South Africa).
• The seventh bowlers to claim five-wicket hauls at least once in each of three international cricket formats (Test, ODI and T20I). The other six cricketers are Umar Gul (Pakistan), Tim Southee (New Zealand), Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Imran Tahir (South Africa) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India).

 Here are some Twitter reactions:

It's tea in Rajkot, and India are two wickets away from an emphatic innings victory in the opening Test.

Kuldeep Yadav has five scalps to his name, and West Indies are 185/8, still 283 behind. #INDvWI LIVE ⬇️https://t.co/bOSqMElBuo pic.twitter.com/DCLh885ARj

— ICC (@ICC) October 6, 2018

Players with 5-wicket hauls in all the three International formats:

Umar Gul
Tim Southee
Ajantha Mendis
Lasith Malinga
Imran Tahir
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
KULDEEP YADAV#INDvWI

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) October 6, 2018

Kuldeep yadav is second indian blower to take five – fare in each of the three formats after bhuvaneshwar kumar . pic.twitter.com/b5MqAdESQQ

— Gowtham (@gowth25) October 6, 2018

#INDvWI #TeamIndia Maiden test five fer for Kuldeep Yadav. He is the 7th bowler in the world and 2nd from India to take five fer in all 3 formats. Come on team India💪. Finish it today itself🇮🇳. pic.twitter.com/FasetDMD1A

— Sir Rohit Sharma (@SirRohitSharm13) October 6, 2018

It seems Kuldeep Yadav is getting better after every match, whereas Chahal is going downwards, Kuldeeps hard work paying off and Chahal is more going towards style on his look, just like Vinod kamble.
Sachins hard work paid off and same goes with kuldeep

— Prashant Iyer (@PrashantIyer15) October 6, 2018

Kuldeep Yadav is a world class talent that we need to nurture well. Can he be the long term overseas option considering Ashwin’s inability on away tours now? #INDvsWI #INDvWI @BCCI @imkuldeep18

— Arup Ghose (@arup_ghose) October 6, 2018