Pakistan’s legendary pacer Wasim Akram has praised Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav. Speaking to Sony Sports, Akram said it is very difficult to pick Kuldeep’s bowling varieties.
“Leg-spinner, googly, flipper—even I can’t read him sitting here. Even with a replay, it’s impossible,” he said.
Kuldeep Yadav bowled a brilliant spell for India in their opening clash of the ongoing Asia Cup 2025, taking four wickets to restrict the UAE side to a low total on his comeback to the Indian T20I team.
Akram recalled his days as part of the coaching group of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the IPL and said that Kuldeep and Mohammed Shami were always eager to learn.
“I remember meeting Kuldeep when he was very young, when he joined Knight Riders. He and Mohammed Shami were with me all the time—breakfast, lunch, dinner, during the game. If they weren’t playing, they were sitting with me. They were hungry. Kuldeep was hungry,” he added.
The left-arm wrist-spinner was introduced into the attack against UAE after the powerplay, in the seventh over, and turned the game around in his very next over by taking three wickets. Off the first ball, he bowled a flighted delivery and Rahul Chopra went for a big shot but failed to get the distance—only to find Shubman Gill, who moved to his right to take the catch. On the fourth ball of that over, Kuldeep trapped Muhammad Waseem LBW, and on the final delivery, he bowled Harshit Kaushik.
On the first ball of the fourteenth over, Kuldeep dismissed Haider Ali to wrap up UAE’s innings for just 57 runs, laying a solid foundation for an easy Indian victory. He finished with exceptional figures of 4/7 in 2.1 overs, at an economy rate of 3.23.
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