Yesterday Kuldeep Yadav was included in India’s squad for the final ODI match and looked in excellent bowling form. Now after his good performance Sunil Gavaskar believes Kuldeep should be given another opportunity in the first T20I match against Australia. The left-arm unorthodox bowler had a disappointing IPL 2020 season but he has always looked deadly in T20Is for India.
In the final ODI at Canberra, Kuldeep kept a lid on the scoring rate and never allowed Australia to score freely against him. Kuldeep in his 10 overs spell gave away 57 runs but more importantly picked the crucial wicket of debutant Cameron Green.
Kuldeep Yadav Showed Good Rhythm – Sunil Gavaskar
Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar is impressed with the rhythm showed by the spinner and has backed him to be included in the side for the first T20I. The first T20I match will again take place at Canberra and the team management can certainly play Kuldeep Yadav ahead of Yuzvendra Chahal.
“Kuldeep showed good rhythm. He bowled after a long time. I think at least for the first T20 International, he can be tried out and see how it goes,” Sunil Gavaskar told India Today channel on Wednesday.
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Meanwhile, Kuldeep Yadav has so far represented India in 21 T20I matches in which he has scalped 39 wickets at an economy of just over 7. The 25-year-old also has a 5 wicket haul in T20Is which he took against England away from home in 2018.
As far as the opening combination of India for T20I series is concerned, Gavaskar picked the experienced duo of KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan. Gavaskar also pointed out that if Hardik Pandya contributes with the ball in the series it will release some load off the shoulders of captain Virat Kohli.
“For me, KL Rahul, who scored nearly 700 runs in IPL and Shikhar Dhawan, who has of late looked most comfortable in T20 format should open the innings followed by Virat Kohli. If Hardik will bowl a couple of overs in the T20 format and that will ease the load on other bowlers and also create more options for Kohli”, said Gavaskar.
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