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India and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) tweaker Kuldeep Yadav made a surprising revelation about his want to develop into a quick bowler whereas rising up. The left-arm wrist-spinner stated that he may swing the ball each methods on the age of 10-11 years.
During a video on KKR’s official Facebook web page, the 26-year-old stated that lack of progress led to him turning to spin bowling. Kuldeep, who was in India’s squad for the recently-concluded Australia tour, additionally revealed that he initially was offended after switching to spin.
“Fast bowling appeared easy back then. I think I was good at fast bowling. Even my coach used to feel the same because my wrist would work well. I could swing the ball both ways even at the age of 10-11 years. But the hurdle was my lack of growth. So he asked me to switch to spin bowling,” Kuldeep stated.
“I was initially very displeased because I never liked spin and always wanted to be a fast bowler. I was angry, but when he told me to bowl spin, I tried and started off bowling chinaman (left-arm wrist spin) in the very first attempt,” he added.
Kuldeep did not go to coaching for days as he did not wish to depart quick bowling. The tweaker’s coach, nevertheless, satisfied him to come back again and take up spin bowling. Kuldeep is anticipated to play a significant function in India’s residence Test collection towards England, scheduled to begin from February 5 with the primary opening Test in Chennai.
“I was very angry and didn’t go to the ground for ten days, as I was determined to continue with fast bowling. But Sir said if I really wanted to play cricket and come to the ground, I had to take up spin bowling. So I went back to the academy after ten days,” Kuldeep stated.
“When Sir asked me to bowl spin, I don’t know why, but I subconsciously decided to bowl chinaman (left-arm wrist spin). It just came out voluntarily. Even my Sir understood that it was a rare quality. So he spotted the talent and preferred working on it,” he added.
