"The idea was to bowl to a particular length" - Kuldeep Yadav shares his plan after the stunning spell

Veteran Indian left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav has been in sublime form in recent times and he registered his best figures for his side in the format on Thursday against South Africa. He scalped a fifer for just 17 runs in 2.5 overs and made sure that they won the final game to level the series 1-1 as well.

In a recent video posted by the BCCI, stand-in captain Suryakumar Yadav had a chat with Kuldeep where he asked the spinner whether having a chat with another veteran spinner Yuzvendra Chahal helped him to pick up five wickets.

Kuldeep Yadav said: “Chahal bhai had a long flight so we didn’t speak much. Just met him last evening and he told me not to change too much about bowling. Even when things weren’t great 2-3 years ago, he was always there for me. Hopefully, we will try to do well if we play together in ODIs.”

He further added: “Wasn’t thinking much. The idea was to bowl to a particular length and then I observed that the pitch was slow and the quicker ones were gripping a bit. So I was just mixing my flighted deliveries with quicker ones. I did get a few lucky wickets as the ball was keeping low. Once I got three wickets, I thought let’s go for picking five wickets.”

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However, Kuldeep Yadav also asked the captain as well as swashbuckling batter Suryakumar Yadav how he felt after scoring a record-equalling fourth century in the T20I format. Suryakumar also equaled Rohit Sharma’s record for the most T20I tons as well. It took just 57 innings for him to hit four T20I hundreds as well.

On this, he said: “Whenever I walk out to bat, I don’t think about the amount of runs I have to score. I just want to go out there and enjoy my batting. I like to sprint out to the middle and get ready to face the first ball. It was good to get the Player of the Match and Player of the Series award by coming out of my comfort zone overseas. All the success reached God, God is great.”

“I just tried to see what I can offer to the team in those conditions. Even during the timeout, Rahul and Vikram Bhai came and told me to bat as deep as possible, so that’s what I tried. It’s a good thing to get level with Rohit Bhai, just grateful for everything,” he concluded.