Pune: Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav has vowed to be mentally better prepared to face challenges in T20 Internationals this year, that includes the Asia Cup in September and the World T20 Championship a month later, after figuring in just two out of sixteen matches that India played in the year that has just ended.

"It [2019] was a tough one. I learned a lot of things and the biggest positive was getting to know that I could have planned things better. I want to be more mentally prepared this year," said Kuldeep who had played just one T20 game at Hamilton in February 2019 before figuring in the playing XI in the T20 International against the West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai last December.