India vs Australia | Kuldeep Yadav rubbishes idea that Chahal and he ousted R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja

Since India turned to Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal in late 2017s, Ravichandran Ashwin hasn’t required his limited-overs India colours even once. While his partner-in-crime Ravindra Jadeja finally made it back to the team, opportunities for Ashwin has been hard to come by. While many believe the success of Kuldeep and Chahal are the reason for this situation, the former believes that they were successful in using the opportunities in the right manner and didn’t oust anyone.

India decided to rest Chahal for the first ODI, giving a chance to Jadeja so as to settle their final XI for the World Cup. The Saurashtra all-rounder was successful in using the opportunity in the right way as he conceded only 33 runs in 10 overs which put a lot of pressure on Australia. Kuldeep is happy that all the spinners are doing well for the team.

Kuldeep’s success is majorly down to the fact that he is brilliant in hiding his variations, often confusing the batsmen until the last second on his delivery stride. If the ball does the trick off the surface, that becomes double whammy for the batsmen, and Kuldeep is well aware of that. On being asked if he has ever felt pressure while bowling to any batsmen, the spinner singled out Shaun Marsh for that.

"Shaun Marsh is a very good player of spin bowling. In Australia, Shaun Marsh was playing really well (against me) and they (team management) wanted to give me a break for a couple of games. After that I studied Marsh's batting and saw him playing a lot of deliveries on the front-foot and it paid off. But it will be important how I bowl to him in the next game if he plays," Kuldeep concluded.