Kuldeep Yadav made the batsmen miserable. (Photo- PTI)
West Indies team could not save the follow-on in the Delhi Test match against Team India. In this match, the Indian team, batting first, declared its innings at 518 runs. But in response, West Indies’ first innings collapsed to 248 runs. That means it was 270 runs behind India and had to come out to bat once again. The biggest reason for this poor performance of West Indies was the magical bowling of Kuldeep Yadav, who did not allow the West Indies batsmen to stay on the crease.
Kuldeep Yadav made the batsmen feel bad
Kuldeep Yadav performed amazingly in this match being played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. He was the most successful bowler in the first innings of the match. He bowled 26.5 overs in this innings and made 5 batsmen his victims. He took 5 wicket haul for the 5th time in his Test career. The special thing is that the first 5 wicket haul of his Test career also came against West Indies in the year 2018. That means Kuldeep has repeated the feat of taking 5 wickets against West Indies after 7 years.
Kuldeep Yadav took many important wickets during this innings. His first victim became Alick Athanaz, who returned to the pavilion after scoring 41 runs. At the same time, the wicket of Shay Hope was also taken by Kuldeep, who was playing after scoring 36 runs. There was a good partnership between these two players, but Kuldeep managed to end this partnership. After this, he also took the wickets of Tevin Imlach, Justin Greaves and Jaden Seales.
Second bowler in the world to do this
Let us tell you, Kuldeep Yadav is only the second left arm wrist spinner in the world, who has taken 5 wicket hauls 5 times in Test cricket. Apart from him, only the legendary Johnny Wardle has been able to do this. However, Johnny Wardle had achieved this feat in 28 Test matches and Kuldeep has achieved this feat in only 15 matches.