Left-arm chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav has revived his career since comeback after ACL injury. Kuldeep has been in good form across formats. He is the prime wicket-taker for Delhi Capitals (DC) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season. He transformed his game under the guidance of coach Kapil Pandey. He developed new skills to dominate the batters whether it is with red ball or in the limited overs format.
In a recent media interaction, Kuldeep revealed that after MS Dhoni retired in 2019, he did not get the guidance he needed at his former franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
“In KKR, I needed guidance but now I don't need it, as now I dictate terms. In 2019, Mahi bhai (MS Dhoni, his national team mentor) had retired that year and I needed guidance. The idea that I have now, has come with experience,” he said as quoted by PTI.
Kuldeep regrets he did not work on various aspects of his bowling during his time at KKR which could have helped him.
"I still regret my time in KKR (from 2016-2020) and feel whatever I am doing now, wish I could have done it back then.
“It still hurts me that had I worked on those skills back then, I could have dominated even more,” Kuldeep said during a select media interaction.
“But it didn't happen back then as experience is something that you get only when you play a lot. When you encounter failure in life, then only you learn and now I am more confident about my skills and at the same time respectful of the fact that opposition can be good too,” the 29-year-old said.
Recently, former KKR captain Dinesh Karthik in a podcast with Ravichandran Ashwin said that his actions would have left Kuldeep frustrated.
“Obviously, it's an old thing. If you have six quality spinners, you can be confused while choosing and Varun Chakravarthy was bowling well and I wasn't. The skipper (Karthik) had a difficult job and did as per what he felt,” the 29-year-old said.
However, Kuldeep said that maybe Karthik decided to keep him on the bench because he played spinners well.
“I did well under DK bhai. In 2019, I didn't play a lot. I feel DK bhai plays spinners really well. I might be wrong but I feel he thinks some others also play spin as well as him,” said a smiling Kuldeep.
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