Young India spinner Kuldeep Yadav is confident of doing well in the upcoming limited-overs series against Sri Lanka. He also said that if he does well against Sri Lanka he might get a chance to be in the main Indian team as well.
However, Kuldeep has been dropped from the main squad after having faced a rough patch in recent times. He didn’t even feature in any of the games for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the IPL as well. Meanwhile, this series composing three ODIs and three T20Is will give him another chance to be in the team for the upcoming T20 World Cup and the rest of the IPL 2021 games as well.
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In an interaction with The Telegraph, Kuldeep Yadav said: “This Sri Lanka tour is very, very important because, first of all, I’m not a part of the Test squad (in England). And secondly, this is one good opportunity to play and perform. Thereafter, we’ve got the IPL as well, which gives me another opportunity to be back in the reckoning. Nothing parallels performance, and if I perform, I know I’ll definitely be back, honestly, I’m not thinking much about a T20 World Cup berth now because it eventually boils down to how well I keep doing. There’s healthy competition in the squad, so I know what my job is.”
However, Kuldeep Yadav last featured in blue in an ODI against England earlier this year. There he conceded 84 runs in his 10 overs without taking a wicket and eventually dropped for the third ODI against them as well. Meanwhile, the 26-year-old has worked on his bowling. He also discussed with his personal coach Kapil Pandey, Team India head coach Ravi Shastri and India bowling coach Bharat Arun about his performance as well. He again shared that he is in touch with former Indian leg spinner Narendra Hirwani also for the mental aspects of the game.
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“Hirwani sir is mentally very strong. It’s not necessary that you should be told only about bowling and stuff related to it, your mindset matters too. So I speak to him a lot also regarding the mental aspect and it helps me,” concluded Kuldeep Yadav.
