Indian pacer Umesh Yadav recently talked about team India’s disappointing performance in South Africa and the 34-year-old bowler admitted that he “didn't bowl well against South Africa.”
Umesh speaks
"There were injury niggles and problems. Sometimes, you have to manage with that. We had won the first Test. After winning the first Test, we should have played the way we did in the opening Test match in the other two Tests as well,” Umesh Yadav said while speaking to the Times of India.
"A bowler needs support from the other end. If Bumrah is bowling well, he will expect good support from other bowlers from the other end. I didn't bowl the way I always do. I didn't bowl well against South Africa, and I accept it,” the Nagpur-born pacer further added.
In the three-match Test series against South Africa, the Indian team started the series on a positive note after winning the first Test but later the hosts scripted an amazing comeback and clinched the Test series 2-1.
In the three-match ODI series, the Proteas displayed a terrific show as well after they whitewashed Indian team 3-0.
Umesh in IPL 2022
In the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Umesh will be representing last season’s finalists Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Umesh is “hopeful of making the cut for the T20 World Cup this year.”
"Definitely. For that, I will have to give my best in the IPL. I am confident that I will have a good time in this year's IPL. I hope to have a good IPL season. I am trying to push hard. I am hopeful of making the cut for the T20 World Cup this year and next year's ODI World Cup as well,” Umesh explained.
KKR will start their IPL 2022 campaign against defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on March 26 (Saturday), at the Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai.
KKR full squad for IPL 2022
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Nitish Rana, Shivam Mavi, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Dar, Chamika Karunaratne, Baba Indrajith, Ashok Sharma, Pratham Singh, Abhijeet Tomar, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Ramesh Kumar, Mohammed Nabi, Aman Khan, Umesh Yadav
