With his undefeatable and rare in the continent left-arm chinaman bowling, young spinner Kuldeep Yadav has made a concrete place for himself in the Indian cricket team in a short period of time. Kuldeep was initially a fast bowler but on the perusal of his childhood coach in a cricket academy in Kanpur, he developed himself to become a left-arm wrist spinner, a rare breed of bowlers in India. The Uttar Pradesh-based spinner made his international debut on March 25, 2017, in a Test match against Australia in Dharamsala. Following an impressive Test outing, Kuldeep made his ODI debut on June 23, 2017, facing West Indies at Port of Spain. On the same tour of Caribbean islands, he managed to make his T20I debut on July 9, 2017 at Kingston. He, along with leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, charmed the national team selectors with his mystical bowling and replaced experienced spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the squads for the shorter format of cricket.
A dumbfounded England team have now turned their focus to counter Kuldeep by using a spin-bowling machine, known as Merlyn, which will help mimic the chinaman's unique variations and skills.
After India's emphatic eight-wicket win against England in the first Twenty20 International, ace spinner Kuldeep Yadav said the accurate execution of his plan helped him bag five wickets in Manchester. "The pitch did not have much turn.
Kuldeep's scalps included three wickets in his third over when he had Morgan caught in the deep and Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root stumped by MS Dhoni for golden ducks.
KL Rahul's 101* and Kuldeep Yadav's 5/24 powered India to a thumping 8 wicket win over England in the 1st T20I at Manchester to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
As India start their blockbuster series against England with the opening T20I on Tuesday, former India opener Virender Sehwag believes the pair of wrist spinners - Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal will leave an impact on the pace-friendly wicket in Manchester. Speaking to IndiaTV on Cricket Ki Baat, Sehwag said captain Virat Kohli, who failed miserably on his last England tour in 2014, will score a lot of runs this time.
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