Beyond the fact that they both bowl left-arm spin, there are few similarities between Ravi Shastri and Kuldeep Yadav. Shastri was a tall and rangy orthodox spinner, using his height to procure substantial bounce; he could also turn the ball away from the right-hand batter, and became the first spinner to pick up a five-wicket haul at the WACA ground in Perth and finished his 80-Test career with 151 wickets, though within a couple of years of his debut in 1981, he had gone from a No. 10 batter to opening the innings.
Kuldeep is much shorter and a rarity in Indian cricket – a left-arm wrist spinner or, at the risk of political incorrectness, a Chinaman bowler. He is skiddy, understandably a little round-armish, his stock delivery is the one that breaks into the right-hander; Kuldeep is the practitioner of a difficult and unique craft, one that demands greater attention to detail than bowling of other ilk and where things can go awry if even one part of the body goes out of sync. ALSO READ | Bumrah — the premier paceman of his generation When it comes to hype, one of the least hyped guys is Kuldeep Yadav.
Been exceptional for many years, but never got a online fan club or people to hype him as the next big thing. Deserves a lot more credit and hype than he gets . pic.
twitter.com/DWiH8Hy4Di What is the common thread you ask? Their celebration. In the past, Kuldeep used a semi-chainsaw when he picked up a wicket, or defied gravity to leap high in the air.
Now, as if taking wic.
