Kuldeep Yadav vows to return to County Championship after picking 10-fer for Yorkshire

Indiarsquos leftarm wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav has promised to return to the County Championship after picking a careerbest 10wicket match haul to spin Yorkshire to an inningsand106run victory over Essex at HeadingleyKuldeep took 470 in the first innings before returning figures of 650 in the second innings and grabbed his first tenwicket performance in firstclass cricket which in turn secured Yorkshirersquos Division One status inside three daysKuldeep who joined Yorkshire on a shortterm contract in July earned the County Championship Player of the Round award for his match figures of 10120 ldquoWhen I was about to get the sixth one I thought lsquoGive me one more let me complete the tenwicket haulrsquo Itrsquos not the home conditions that I grew up playing in but this is the ultimate home now so playing here and getting a tenfor itrsquos been so goodrdquo he said in a statement on MondayKuldeep dismantled the Essex middle order across both innings on a surface that offered assistance to spin and adjusted his line and pace to exploit footmarks outside the stumps ldquoIt looked like a good wicket to bat on In the first innings there was not much turn It wasnrsquot a rank turner Headingley is not known for that so I was just trying to make the batters make mistakesldquoThen in the second innings I was trying to use the footmarks to bring the ball from outside to the stumps That was the plan and using more angles to make the batters uncomfortablerdquoYorkshire head coach Anthony McGrath praised Kuldeeprsquos control and tactical adaptability following the victory ldquoYou could see how much he spins it and his control of spin was just sensational If you looked at how he put his overs together ndash over the wicket round the wickethellip he was setting the batters uprdquoKuldeeprsquos initial stint was disrupted by his presence in Indiarsquos squad for the 10 Test series win in Sri Lanka before he featured in Yorkshirersquos defeat to Surrey at The Oval However his performance against Essex underlined his matchwinning capabilities in redball cricket as Yorkshire prepare for their next fixture against SomersetldquoItrsquos nice to be here everyone is so kind and very humble and theyrsquove been very welcoming If you look at our team wersquove got lovely lads lovely young talent in the squad so to play alongside them feels so good Irsquoll definitely come back thatrsquos a promiserdquoMcGrath indicated that Yorkshire would be eager to sign Kuldeep for a future campaign ldquoWersquod bite his hand off wouldnt we Hersquos an amazing character and his passion for the gamehellip he just loves bowlingrdquoYorkshire offspinner Dom Bess who took five wickets in the match and shared an 83run eighthwicket partnership with Kuldeep in the first innings highlighted his impact on the squad ldquoThe thing I love about KD is the love of craft He comes here to play and absolutely loves it We talk a lot of spin and we have a great relationshiprdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever