Former India cricketer Varun Aaron applauded Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy for their heroics with the ball in a win over Bangladesh in the Asia Cup 2025 Super 4 clash in Dubai on Wednesday, September 24 as well. He also lauded them for their attacking mindset as well.

Aaron told ESPNcricinfo: “(On using spin duo Varun and Kuldeep) I think that’s gonna be the case in Dubai more often than not, especially on wickets like this. With the way Kuldeep is bowling, especially he’s bowling such a beautiful pace through the air, every googly finishes on the stumps when he bowls to a righty. That’s not easy to bowl from that angle, land the googly just on leg stump, outside leg stump, and hit the stumps. He’s just got in tiled at the moment.”

“See, it’s really important to get wickets in the current T20 game, and Varun and Kuldeep are both wicket-taking bowlers. We never see them bowling to save their skin. We always see them attacking for wickets. And that’s what you need because the only way you can control the flow of runs. This competition, in the Asia Cup, we are not seeing that big of a fight put up against India. But against the better teams like Australia, England, South Africa, you gotta need bowlers like Varun and Kuldeep to get wickets more than stem the flow of runs in the middle,” he further added.

With 12 wickets in 5 games, Kuldeep Yadav is currently the highest wicket-taker in the Asia Cup 2025, including 3/18 against Pakistan in a group-stage match at the same venue as well.