Brad Hogg bats for Kuldeep Yadav's inclusion in India's Champions Trophy Squad

05/01/2017

On Sunday, Brad Hogg encouraged the inclusion of Kuldeep Yadav into the Indian Champions Trophy squad. According to Hogg, the chinaman bowler's subtle variations could make him a tricky customer for the opposition and improve India's chances of a successful title defence.

Kuldeep made an astounding Test debut for India earlier this year, when he scalped 4 wickets in the last Test match of the series against Australia. He has been pretty impressive in the IPL as well and proved useful to his side, especially in the match against Rising Pune Supergiant where he dismissed the dangerous MS Dhoni and Manoj Tiwary in the same over to restrict the Pune side.

"Great thing about the sport is no two countries are same. There is always something different that adds to variety of the different individuals. One of his (Kuldeep) next job will be to bowl on different wickets.”, Hogg told PTI. Hogg, who himself was one of the most sought after chinaman bowlers, believes that Kuldeep's rare bowling skills make him a different bowler altogether who could be difficult to deal with.

He said, "He is a different bowler for sure. There aren’t too many chinaman bowlers in world cricket at the moment. Kuldeep has great variety and strength of any spinner is his variations. You may know all the tricks in the trade but no point using the tricks if you haven’t yet mastered a stock delivery,”

Hogg couldn't stop himself from giving some bowling advice, which he segregated based on the formats of the game.

"A bowler needs to be quicker through the air in T20, in comparison to Test cricket, according to Hogg. “If you are playing 50-over cricket, a leg-spinner can be bitmore slower and use his leg-break. In Test cricket, it’s entirely different where you have to be very patient. Coming to T20, one needs to be a bit more quicker through the air,” he said.

Hogg also praised Samuel Badree for his quick sliders that cramp the batsmen for room and prevented them from coming down the match.

Hogg seemed greatly impressed with the IPL captains' ability to use leg-spinners. “Leg-spinners can be operational in Powerplays and some have been used in the middle period when the ball gets scuffed. It’s about utilising at right times. All captains have used leg-spinners wisely. That’s the biggest factor. When exactly are you using them,” Hogg said.

When asked about which sides should feature in the playoff, Hogg showed his cheeky side and mentioned RCB, Kings XI Punjab, Delhi Daredevils and Gujarat Lions as the sides which shouldn't.

Brad Hogg bats for Kuldeep Yadav's inclusion in India's Champions Trophy Squad

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