Xtra Time Web Desk : Team India wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav on Wednesday made a comeback to the white ball set up after a prolong gap to a knee surgery which he had during last year September. Kuldeep, who had lost his mojo in the Kohli-Ravi Shastri era, has been called back as the current team management and selectors feel that he has the x-factor to contribute to the team’s cause.
And now, about the former Team India off spinner Harbhajan Singh has opened up on the chainaman’s return to the National set up after a long gap.
In an interview with PTI, the ‘Turbanator’ said, “It will be a very tough road ahead for Kuldeep. He hasn’t had any proper domestic games under his belt and it’s not easy to make an international comeback just like that. He wasn’t playing regularly before surgery and when you are making a comeback in white ball, the first thing that’s at the back of your mind is ‘I don’t want to get hit’. So it’s like striking a balance as you are naturally dealing with a lot of insecurities. It’s a test of mental fortitude,”
But Kuldeep has the skills and the ‘Turbanator’ expects that he can get a few early wickets and make it a different ball-game.
“Let me make it clear. If he gets a couple of early wickets, he will be a different bowler but things may not go as per plan. It might take some time for him to get back the rhythm.
“My only suggestion would be that stick with him since you have shown conviction based on his past performances and give him enough time and confidence. He is a man who can deliver the goods for India,” said the holder of 700-plus international wickets.
The national selectors made an exception for him as he is one of the rare cricketers who is coming back without having to prove his match-fitness as there is no domestic cricket at the moment.
The rub of green finally seems to be going Kuldeep’s way after enduring rough times as his exclusion from the playing XI wasn’t always a cricketing one during the earlier regime of Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri.
(News Courtesy : PTI)