Indian left-arm chinaman spinner Kuldeep Yadav brings back the Indian cricket team with a brilliant bowling spell against the hosts England in the first T20I of three-match T20I series at Manchester on Tuesday. Yadav had a brilliant bowling figure of 4-0-24-5.
England had a good start as their openers Jason Roy and Jos Buttler provided a 50-run opening partnership. Even after the opening partnership was broken by the pacer Umesh Yadav, England had still a good run-rate due to Buttler’s responsible stretched batting.
England was once batting on 95/1 in 11.2 overs while Kuldeep Yadav started to present his brilliant bowling skills. First, he dismissed Alex Hales, who struggled to bat against the Indian bowlers as he scored just 8 off 18 balls, and then he dismissed English skipper Eoin Morgan, Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root in very quick successions. While Morgan scored only 7 off 6 balls, both Bairstow and Root were stumped out for golden ducks in the same over.
In this game, Kuldeep Yadav’s last victim was the England opener Buttler who played the responsible 69 runs knock off 46 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes.
Due to his brilliant bowling performance, England, who was once favourite to put 180+ total on the board, only managed to score 159/8 at the end of 20 overs.
Here are some important stats of Kuldeep Yadav’s brilliant bowling spell (4-0-24-5)
- First five-wicket haul in T20I cricket history by a left-arm chinaman bowler.
- Joint second best T20I bowling figures by an Indian bowler. The record is 6/25 by the leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (against England at Bengaluru on February 1, 2017) while the Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar also has the bowling figure of 5/24 (against South Africa at Johannesburg on February 18, 2018).
- Second best T20I bowling figures by any bowler against England. The record holder is the Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal with 6/25 at Bengaluru on February 1, 2017.
- Second best T20I bowling figures by any bowler on the England soil. The record is 3-0-6-5 by the Pakistan pacer Umar Gul against New Zealand at The Oval on June 13, 2009.
- Fifth best T20I bowling figure by any left-arm bowler.
The magic of wrist spin again. Such fun watching young Kuldeep. He might just be bowling himself into the test team……
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 3, 2018
If I was India i would be making sure Kuldeep Yadav is apart of the Test squad ……. #justsaying
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/Aneelgs/status/1014205135499620352
https://twitter.com/SirJadejaaaa/status/1014210333735391233
RT if you think Kulddep Yadav is better spinner than Chahal in T20 Cricket. 💪🙏🇮🇳 #KuldeepYadav #ENGvIND #INDvENG
— Jai Thala Dhoni (@madam_jadeja) July 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/SatuPaian/status/1014206809748303877
Am I the only one who missed #KuldeepYadav's inspired bowling performance in the T20 match against England? #IndiaVsEngland
— Biswadeep Ghosh (@biswadeepg) July 3, 2018
1st 5 overs 50 runs & then after 20 overs 159-8.
Bowlers have done brilliant work, especially #Kuldeepyadav left handed chiman spiner is so magicle.#ENGvIND #CricbuzzLIVE #Cricket #TeamIndia #Englandtour— Omkar Jadhav (@OmkarJ899) July 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/davajeet/status/1014202821690851329
This is superb by Kuldeep, Bairstow beaten in the air and off the wicket, then Root bamboozled too. England in a tizzy, India on top
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) July 3, 2018
This will definitely be one of the best spells in T20 cricket from an Indian or for that matter any bowler. Serious control and guile. Well bowled @imkuldeep18
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) July 3, 2018
What a spell by #KuldeepYadav 🙌🏏 Congrats on 5 wickets haul and great comeback by Indian team..🇮🇳
Kuldeep Yadav= Mystery for Batsmen
Well Bowled Man!!#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/kbXi9DcY9c— Rishabh Panwar (@crpgzb69) July 3, 2018
Wristy Twisty !! 👏 5 wicket haul for the Chinaman ! Watta spell ! #ENGvIND #KuldeepYadav #
— Harnam Kaur 🏏 (@ThatCricGirl) July 3, 2018
