IND vs SL / Kuldeep Yadav superb performance India vs Sri lanka 2nd odi at kolkata eden gardens

India vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Kuldeep Yadav: The Indian cricket team is currently playing the ODI series against Sri Lanka. The second match of the series is at the historic Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata, where India bundled out Sri Lanka for 215 runs. For this match, Captain Rohit Sharma made a change in the playing-11 and decided to drop Yuzvendra Chahal from the playing-11. He gave a chance to Chinaman spinner Kuldeep Yadav. Rohit will now be very happy with his decision, the reason for which is Kuldeep's performance.

given a chance in place of chahal

After T20, a three-match ODI series is now being played between India and Sri Lanka. Team India won by 67 runs in the first ODI played in Guwahati under the leadership of Rohit Sharma. The second ODI of the series is being played at the historic Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata. Captain Rohit Sharma made a change in the playing-11 for the match. He gave a chance to Kuldeep Yadav in place of Yuzvendra Chahal. Earlier, the Indian team won the 3-match T20 series 2-1 under the captaincy of all-rounder Hardik Pandya.

UP shines in Kolkata

Kuldeep Yadav, who belongs to Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, performed amazingly in this second ODI of the series against Sri Lanka. He took three important wickets for 51 runs in 10 overs. He showed Kusal Mendis, Charit Aslanka and captain Dasun Shanaka the way to the pavilion. It was the wonder of Kuldeep's bowling that Sri Lanka's 6 wickets had fallen to just 126 runs. Later, the lower-order batsmen shared a 38-run partnership for the 9th wicket, which enabled the visiting team to touch the figure of 215.

India was given a target of 216 runs

The Sri Lankan team, batting first, was all out for 215 runs in 39.4 overs, giving India a target of 216 runs to win. Apart from Kuldeep Yadav, pacer Mohammad Siraj took 3 wickets for 30 runs in 5.4 overs. Young pacer Umran Malik took 2 wickets while Akshar Patel got one wicket.

Kuldeep also rocked against Bangladesh

Kuldeep Yadav was earlier seen playing in the Test match against Bangladesh. He got a chance in only one Test match and he took away the peace of Bangladeshi batsmen. He took a total of 8 wickets in both the innings. Not only this, he also contributed 40 runs with the bat. He played only one match in the ODI series against Bangladesh. He got a place in the third ODI of the series only but he proved to be expensive. He looted 53 runs in the match and took one wicket.

Did debut in 2017

Kuldeep Yadav, a resident of Kanpur, made his international debut in the year 2017. He played his first Test match against Australia in Dharamsala. In the same year, he also managed to make ODI and T20 International debuts. Earlier he got a lot of opportunities but gradually other spinners or all-rounders started getting his place.

Played 107 international matches so far

28-year-old Kuldeep Yadav has so far played 8 Tests, 74 ODIs and 25 T20 Internationals in his career. He has taken 34 wickets in Tests, 122 in ODIs and a total of 44 wickets in T20 International format. He has 134 wickets in first class cricket.