As India’s leading wicket-taker in the ongoing Test series against England, crafty Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav scored some crucial but unnoticed runs as a lower-order batsman The improvement, when the team asked him to make a handy contribution with the willow to hold the line. In the first innings of the ongoing fifth and final Test, Kuldeep once again frustrated the English bowlers by being stuck at the crease for long periods of time, just as the visitors gained ground after a run in the top order After some quick wickets, thoughts of a comeback began. .
He scored 30 off 69 balls, including two fours. However, apart from his runs at the plate, his occupation of the crease also contributed to the Indians’ cause.
Kuldeep teamed up with Jasprit Bumrah to score 49 runs for the ninth wicket, while Jasprit Bumrah also scored A good score of 20 points. The home team ended the first innings with 477 runs, leading England by 259 runs in response to England’s demands. The visiting team scored 218 points in the first dig.
Kuldeep faced 362 balls in the six innings of the series, surpassing the 357 balls faced by England captain Ben Stokes and one of their top batsmen Johnny 290 balls faced by Johnny Bairstow. The number of balls that Kuldeep got through safely in the entire series was just slightly less than the 400 balls that opener Ben Duckett faced in the entire series.
In the ongoing series, the spinner has scored a total of 97 runs in six games at an average of 19.4 and a best of 30. His scores in the series were 8*, 0, 4, 27, 28 and 30 respectively. Considering the outcome of the series, the value of those 97 games was very high.
Although he is yet to hit a batting milestone in his still young Test career, his long spells at the crease and ability to make handy contributions at lower positions have put the hosts firmly on the path to series victory. The display of his batting prowess bodes well for India, with leading spin bowling all-rounders Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja on their way to professional The twilight years of life.
In the third Test at Rajkot, it was Kuldeep who scored 27 to help Shubman Gill free at one end to score 91 for Yashasvi Jaiswal ) scored a double ton and Sarfaraz Khan scored to set the stage. Test debut in the fifties. In the end, India defeated England, setting a mammoth target of 557 runs for them. England were bowled out for 122, falling well short of the target.
In the fourth Test, also in Ranchi, India were 177/7 behind England’s first-innings total of 353 when Kuldeep’s 76 was matched by Dhruv Jurel (90) and his crucial 28 points brought the hosts back into the dilemma game. Although India trailed by 46 runs at the end of the first innings, they could overcome the deficit with the help of handy contributions from the lower order.
The home team then came to the party with the ball, relying mainly on Ashwin’s five wickets. They then sealed the series with a meager target of 192 runs.
With his handy runs and ball-keeping performances – 18 wickets and counting – Kuldeep is now a strong contender for the Player of the Series award.
Meanwhile, England are currently at 148/8 and need 111 more runs to get India to bat again.
After winning the toss and electing to bat first, the visitors were bowled out for 218 in the first innings with Zach Crawley (79 off 108 balls, including 11 fours and 6 balls) for England Top scorer Jonny Bairstow (29), Joe Root (26) is Willow’s only notable contributor.
Kuldeep Yadav (5/72) and Ravichandran Ashwin (4/51) top the Indian bowling charts.
India once again beat England by a mile in the first innings, with first-run captain Rohit Sharma (103 off 162 balls including 13 fours) ball and 3 sixes) and Yashashwi Jaiswal (57 off 58 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes). Three sixes), made a huge contribution and put the England attack in trouble.
Debutant Devdutt Padikkal (65 off 103 balls, including 10 fours and a six) and Sarfaraz Khan (56 off 60 balls, Eight four-balls and one six-ball) also played key hands. After a mini-collapse, the ninth pair of Kuldeep Yadav (30 off 69 balls, with two fours) and Jasprit Bumrah (20 off 64 balls, with two fours) took India to 477 for 49 runs points, putting them 259 points ahead of the visiting team.
Shoaib Bashir (5/173) was the bowler for England, while Tom Hartley and veteran James Anderson took two wickets each. Captain Ben Stokes also picked up a wicket from his first ball of the series.
Meanwhile, Anderson set a world record on Saturday by becoming the first pacer to reach the milestone of 700 Test wickets.
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