Indian cricketer Kuldeep Yadav bowls in the nets during a practice session prior to the second Test match between India and Australia at The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on March 2, 2017. Pic/AFP

Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who is almost a certainty to replace all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja in the Indian playing XI for the Pallekele Test against Sri Lanka, has insisted he will feel his hard work has paid off if he gets a chance to play in the dead rubber beginning Saturday.