Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Where is kuldeep yadav?

         I think everyone remembers this name and it's none other than 20 year old Kuldeep yadav who is hyped as India's only slow chinaman bowler.who came to limelight after his superb bowling in 2014 under 19 worldcup in an otherwise bitter tourney  for the team and his mind blowing bowling spell for kolkata knight riders in the 2014 champions league and also surprisingly selected for odi series squad against westindies without even playing a single first class or List A match for his home team Uttar pradesh.
Where is he now??????????
My answer is simple,The most hyped bowler kuldeep yadav had a mediocre outing for uttar pradesh in the recently concluded Vijay hazare trophy by just picking 3 wickets from 5 matches at an average of 64.33 but with a very good economy rate of 4.38, but this statistics is poor comparing his potential.
But the only positive aspect is that these spells were bowled in conditions which suits fast bowlers very well.

But in his first class debut for central zone,Kuldeep yadav bowled really well by claiming 3 wickets and scored an important 56 runs in the 2nd innings against North zone.
After that Kuldeep yadav made his debut for Uttar pradesh,where he was standout bowler for the team by claiming 4/48 in the 1st innings against madhya pradesh in what was a decent debut for a young man like kuldeep yadav and that too in a fast bowlers paradise.where uttar pradesh ruffled aside Madhya pradesh in the 2nd innings for a meagre score by amit mishra an upcoming fast bowler from uttar pradesh. Don't get confused with amit mishra who is a leg spinner playing for india and haryana.

After then came a shocking exclusion of kuldeep yadav from the uttar pradesh side for rest of the 4 matches including the currently ongoing match against Tamilnadu. While another talented spinner Ali murtaza replaced him in all the 4 matches.The surprise element is that both the lucknow and chennai pitch are considered spinners paradise.while uttar pradesh's ace spinner and captain piyush chawla and ali murtaza had a mediocre outing in all the 3 matches and I can't comment on their play against tamilnadu as the match is still going on.Now uttar pradesh is in relagation zone after a mediocre performance in all the 3 matches after the exclusion of kuldeep yadav.

As a cricket enthusiast and analyst, I like to know one simple reason from uttar pradesh cricket association why upcoming spinner kuldeep yadav is excluded from the team despite his creditable performance in his first ranji outing.

1)Is kuldeep yadav injured?

2)Is kuldeep yadav dropped due to disciplinary reason?

3)Is captain piyush chawla doesn't want a competitor like kuldeep yadav in the team?

4)Is Uttar pradesh cricket association does't want to encourage youngsters like kuldeep yadav?

If the answer is negative then it's better kuldeep yadav should discontinue playing for uttar pradesh after the completion of the current ranji season and then join a team which lacks good spinners like mumbai,tamilnadu,Bengal in order to have a safe future and to fulfil his ambitions of getting indian cap as kuldeep yadav warmed up the bench for uttar pradesh last ranji season too.BCCI need to take action against uttar pradesh cricket association if kuldeep is excluded without any reason.