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[caption id="attachment_50251" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Umesh Yadav says Bharat Arun's tips helped him maintain consistency in Tests. File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: India’s start pacer Umesh Yadav was one of the key bowlers who played brilliantly during his team’s home Test season. Umesh gave a lot of credit of his success to India’s newly-appointed bowling coach Bharat Arun today who worked with Yadav during his first assignment with the team couple of years ago. "Yes, last season has been one of my best in Test cricket where I showed a lot of consistency. But having shown that level of consistency, I would attribute the success to the efforts I had put in to rectify my mistakes of preceding seasons," Umesh said. "The results showed because I worked on my bowling when I was getting in and out of the team. Bharat Arun sir used to work a lot with me when I wasn't part of the playing XI. When I would be in Nagpur, it would be Subroto Banerjee sir (former India seamer) who would work on my technique. I am indebted to both," Umesh, who played 12 out of India's 13 Tests, said. India will tour Sri Lanka in a few days time. On being asked if he is given an imaginary situation of Sri Lanka batting at 250 for four after 65 overs and he is brought for his second or third spell."It depends but with old Kookaburra, you have to mix it up. If reverse swing happens, then that's a major help but if there's no reverse then one needs to think out of the box. I might try to bowl cross seam to get some extra bounce. A couple of bouncers followed by yorkers may be of great help," he stated. While he has become a certainty in the Test XI, Umesh is still the third choice seamer after Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah in the shorter versions. "Well, I am not really worried about all these things because team management has a specific plan in mind. Last season, I played a lot of Test matches while Bhuvi and Jasprit played lot more ODIs. I am happy because I played a lot of international matches last season with a fair bit of success," Yadav said.