It was on India U-19's tour of Australia in April 2012 that the current Indian fielding coach, R Sridhar first praised the ability of Kuldeep Yadav.

"He is an extremely talented bowler. At the U-19 camps, many highly rated batsmen were bamboozled by him," was the first remark Sridhar made, when asked about Kuldeep back in April 2012.