Kuldeep Yadav has been in exemplary kind, bagging Participant of the Match awards in India’s first two video games within the Asia Cup 2025. He picked up 4 wickets in opposition to the UAE in India’s opening sport within the continental competitors, and adopted it up with a three-wicket haul versus arch-rivals Pakistan.
Former India assistant coach Abhishek Nayar revealed that Kuldeep labored actually exhausting on his bowling in current occasions and is now reaping the fruits of it within the Asia Cup. The 39-year-old stated that Kuldeep practised bowling on sand, and these surfaces helped him bowl faster.
“Maine baat cheet ki thi unse ki kya kiya tha unhone. Woh kaafi attention-grabbing hai kyunki woh ret pe gendbaazi karte they jahan pe pitch banaya nahin hai, taaki vahan pe gend jo ruk ke aati hai, vahan tez daalenge toh unko aur chew milega. Toh woh ek cheez tha. Thodi run-up mein change ki, jo angle se bhaag rahe they use thoda seedha kiya. Aur woh zyaada soar kar rahe they, woh thoda sa kam kiya jisse woh momentum switch kar paa rahe they. Toh yeh thode se modifications ki, kaafi mehnat ki unhone, kyunki kathin samay tha unke liye,” Nayar stated throughout an interplay on Sony Sports activities.
(I spoke to him. It is very attention-grabbing, he used to bowl on sand the place the ball stops. He bowled with velocity to achieve extra chew. That’s one factor. He additionally modified his run-up, the angle with which he ran he made it straight. Additionally, he jumped a bit an excessive amount of earlier than which has modified, permitting him to switch much more momentum. Kuldeep has labored lots on his bowling and was going via a troublesome time.)
Nayar additionally talked about that regardless of going via troublesome occasions, the left-arm wrist spinner did not get too perturbed and continued listening to recommendation from his childhood coach, who helped him flip issues round for the higher.
“Aur kaafi log kaafi kuch keh rahe they. However you at all times have a coach, jo aapko bachpan se jaanta hai. Toh unki sahaayta leke kaafi mehnat ki. Aur jo nazar aa raha hai woh unki poori mehnat hai (Lots of people had been saying loads of issues. However when you might have a coach, who from the start, it’s simpler. He helped Kuldeep, and no matter you might be seeing is the results of his exhausting work.),” Nayar stated.
Kuldeep is the main wicket-taker within the 2025 Asia Cup to date. He has seven wickets from two video games at a mind-boggling common of three.57. His strike fee can be a powerful 5.29. The 30-year-old has solely conceded runs at an economic system fee of 4.05.
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