Chinaman difuses talk of taking seniors' spot ahead of series-winning T20I
He may have become India's latest spin sensation but chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav says he is not thinking about being seen as Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja's replacement. India's ploy of playing two wrist spinners has worked well in the limited overs series against Australia, as Yadav along with Yuzvendra Chahal have been instrumental in the team's 4-1 ODI series win, and a 1-0 advantage in the ongoing three-match T20I series. "I don't think that far. Both Ash and Jaddu bhai have been consistent performers for India in all the three formats. There's no question of thinking about replacing them," Yadav told reporters on the eve of the second T20I here. "We are very young, and there's a lot of cricket left in us. It has never cross my mind," he added.
Kuldeep Yadav claimed two wickets for 16 runs in the first T20I against Australia on Saturday. Pic/PTI
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India would be aiming to wrap up another series win when they take on a faltering Australia in the second Twenty20 International here as the ACA-Barsapara Stadium will make it's debut today. The India-Australia limited-overs series so far has been a one-sided a contest as Virat Kohli and Co. effortlessly grabbed the ODI rubber 4-1. The visitors will have to play out of their skins to arrest the slide and level the series ahead of the last T20I in Hyderabad on October 13. For that to happen, Australia will have to unravel the mystery of India's latest wrist spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal who have shared 16 wickets between them in four ODIs and one T20I.
The Aussies has struggled to pick Yadav time and again but the chinaman spinner said he was not a mystery bowler. "I'm not a mystery bowler who will bowl from different hands. Obviously, after two to three years they will pick you. If your basics are right like alignment and landing, it becomes easy for you. It does not matter if someone tries to pick you from video analysis," he said.
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