Kuldeep Yadav requests BCCI to leave him during South Africa series for this shocking reason

India’s veteran spinner, Kuldeep Yadav, has reportedly requested the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to grant him leave for his wedding later this month. The left-arm wrist spinner has been engaged to his childhood friend, Vanshika, in the middle of the year, which took place in a private ceremony in Lucknow, attended by some close friends and family.

The recent reports have claimed that Kuldeep had requested the BCCI to grant him leave for the function. The 30-year-old had to postpone his wedding in the year when the Indian Premier League (IPL) was pushed back from the scheduled date due to the cross-border tension between India and Pakistan.

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“Kuldeep’s wedding is planned for the last week of Nov. The team management will assess when they will need his services before granting him the exact number of leaves.” The reports have been addressed by the Times of India (TOI). The leg spinner has been in tremendous form in the last few months across formats.

Kuldeep Yadav requests BCCI to grant his leave during South Africa series for wedding ceremony

Kuldeep has overall picked up 70 wickets in 28 innings of the longest format at an average of around 21 and a strike rate of 36. In the shortest format, he has collected 88 wickets in 47 T20I innings at an average of 13.34 and a strike rate of 11.7, while in ODIs, he has picked 182 wickets in 111 innings at an average of 26.57.

During the opening Test of the Protea series at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, he picked up his first wicket of Temba Bavuma, who pressed forward to get an inside edge into the hands of the leg slip fielder. Later, Wiaan Mulder’s missed reverse sweep saw him get trapped before the stumps.

India bundled out the Proteas for 159 runs in the first innings as Jasprit Bumrah celebrated his five-wicket haul and ended with figures of 5/27 in 15 overs. Kuldeep ended with a decent figure of 2/36 in 14 overs, including one maiden at an economy rate of 2.6.