When Kuldeep Yadav originally enrolled in a cricket academy in Kanpur, he was requested to become a fast bowler. However, his teacher, Kapil Pandey, encouraged him to switch to left-arm wristspin, which is far more uncommon. Kuldeep acknowledged that he had attempted the adjustment only once, but it wasn’t easy, and he quickly decided that bowling left-arm wristspin was the best option for him going ahead. Not only did he have good control over the length, but among his variants he also had a powerful wrong’un.
Since there aren’t many bowlers in India who are comparable to him, Kuldeep gained notice right away following his productive under-19 years.
At the age of seventeen, Kuldeep participated in his maiden India U-19 match in April 2012, but he remained anonymous despite his habit of collecting wickets. The U-19 World Cup in Dubai in 2014 was the catalyst for his stock price increase. Kuldeep scored a hat-trick against Scotland in the following game after going wicketless in the first match against Pakistan. After the game, he remarked, “As Kuldeep, mere ko wicket nikaalna hai (As Kuldeep, I knew I had to take wickets)”.
In the games that followed, he grew in stature as he consistently caused trouble for batters with his spin and finished with 14 wickets, which was tied for second-highest in the competition. The way he played seemed to confirm to the scouts of the Kolkata Knight Riders why they had paid $66,000 for him in the IPL auction before the Under-19 World Cup.
When Kuldeep was a member of the Mumbai Indians lineup in 2012, he remembered fondly using his wrong-un to trick Sachin Tendulkar once in the nets. That was not followed up with an IPL debut. It also didn’t occur in the 2014 season with the Knight Riders. He had to wait until the Champions League, where he made an impression with his economy while supporting Sunil Narine as a bowler. He was added to India’s ODI team for the West Indies series in October 2014 as a result of such performances, and he soon made his first-class and List A debuts.
Kuldeep made his Test debut against Australia in a pivotal encounter in Dharamsala in March 2017 after making a name for himself in the Uttar Pradesh and India A teams. He grabbed four for 68 in the opening inning of the match.
He plays cricket for India’s national team. He is a left-arm, unorthodox spin bowler who plays domestic cricket for Uttar Pradesh and India. The Delhi Capitals signed him to play in the Indian Premier League. He participated in the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and played for the Indian Under-19 cricket team.
Currently 4 wickets away from the ELITE test, he is very close to accomplishing a significant milestone.
In 11 Test matches, he has claimed 46 wickets for India. After that, he would become the fifth player from India to win at least 50 Wikcets in all forms.