Back From Brink: How Kuldeep 2.0 Emerged As India’s Most Impactful Spinner vs England
As soon as the last wicket fell, Kuldeep Yadav tossed the 57.4 over old red SG Test ball towards his senior colleague and the team’s milestone man Ravichandran Ashwin, who promptly tossed it back to him.
After another round of catching, like an insistent older brother, Ashwin literally forced the ball into Kuldeep’s palms. Ashwin had taken four in his 100th Test but Kuldeep did one better, a five-for that he had missed in the previous game against England.
But the 37-year-old’s sweet gesture of depositing the ball in Kuldeep’s hands may have subtly been a change of guard in terms of who the leader of the spin attack will be in the coming years.
Ashwin has had 21 wickets in this series with another innings to go and Kuldeep, who wasn’t picked for the opening match, has 17 to his credit.
But in terms of impact, the man from Kanpur, after a roller-coaster ride in the past few years, has stood head and shoulders above his esteemed seniors
