Indian Selectors Must Keep an Eye on Kuldeep Yadav: Sunil Gavaskar
Kuldeep Yadav should be on the radar of Indian selectors after his performance in the Indian Premier League, according to Sunil Gavaskar
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- Updated: May 26, 2016 12:30 AM IST
Highlights
- Indian selectors should keep an eye on Kuldeep Yadav, says Sunil Gavaskar
- Yadav put up a stellar show for KKR in 2016 IPL
- He is a 21-yera-old chinaman bowler from Kanpur
FollowingKuldeep Yadav's performance in the 2016 Indian Premier League, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar gave a "honest advice" to the Indian selectors to keep an eye on the young left-arm spinner.
Playing in place of the more experienced Piyush Chawla, Yadav turned out to be Kolkata Knight Riders' surprise weapon as they sealed an Indian Premier League play-off berth with a 22-run win against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday.
On Wednesday, in the Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kuldeep returned with figures of 3/35.
"He has been quite impressive and my honest advice to the Indian selectors will be to keep an eye on this young man. And the fact that he is a different kind of a bowler, you have got to be a little patient with him, but he is the kind of a bowler who can win you matches in the future. We should keep an eye on him," Gavaskar told NDTV.
'Virat did not over-react'
Gavaskar said one should not read too much into Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli walking upto the fourth umpire during his team's IPL Qualifier 1 against Gujarat Lions in Bengaluru.
Chasing 159, RCB were reeling at 68 for six when Stuart Binny was wrongly given out in the 10th over, much to the chagrin of Kohli, who was up on his feet in the dug out.
Asked if Kohli had overreacted, Gavaskar responded in negative. "I don't think so. I think he just went to the umpire to enquire what was happening. I don't think he was going to argue. You have got to understand sometimes captains and coaches want to know what is the rationale behind a particular decision. He just wanted a clarification. And clearly the umpires can give a clarification if they want to or they can turn and say 'look we are doing our business, you do yours'.
"I don't think it was a confrontation. It was a skipper who is so involved and committed to the team winning the trophy, they have not won the trophy. We should not read too much into it," the batting legend said.