Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav's Team India Test call up is well deserved

India A spinner Kuldeep Yadav in full flight against England during the touristsrsquo warmup match at the Brabourne Stadium in the city last month PicSURESH KARKERAKuldeep Yadav plies a trade which is not very common There are not many chinaman bowlers in firstclass cricket and its an even rarer occurrence at international levelYadav is immensely talented in his craft The 23yearold Kanpur lad has troubled many quality batsmen in the limited opportunities hes got till date Like on Monday against the visiting Bangladesh team in a warmup game in Hyderabad where he picked up the wickets of Saumya Sarkar and Mominul Haque off successive deliveriesAlso Read Ind vs BanKuldeep Yadav replaces injured Amit MishraGolden opportunitySo with legspinner Amit Mishra out injured Yadav has deservingly been drafted into the Indian team to face Bangladesh in the oneoff Test in Hyderabad He may or may not be picked in the playing XI but its surely the first step towards his burning desire to represent the country at the senior level and become Indias first leftarm wrist spinnerKuldeep first met with success playing for the Junior India team in the 2014 World Cup in Dubai after doing well in the two U19 Test matches earlier He has been in the spotlight ever since having been signed by Indian Premier League outfit Kolkata Knight Riders KKR even before he played firstclass cricket He impressed for KKR in the Champions League T20 in September 2014 and found himself in the India ODI team even before turning out for Uttar Pradesh at the senior level Having drawn wholesome praise from none other than Sunil Gavaskar in the wake of his Champions League performance cricket followers in UP were expecting Yadav to make it to the playing XI in the ODI series against the West Indies in 2014 However he was not given a chance and was back to the domestic grind Yadav was the most impressive spinner in the daynight Duleep Trophy in Noida at the start of this season in SeptemberThe story of Yadav the son of a brick kiln owner is quite interesting Initially he wanted to be a leftarm fast bowler following in the footsteps of his idol Wasim Akram But his coach in Kanpur Kapil Pandey on seeing his notsoimpressive physique then advised him to become a spinner And when the first ball he bowled turned out to be a chinaman the coach told him to stick to the unusual stylePacerturnedspinnerAs a 13yearold when I went to an academy in Kanpur my coach Kapil sir felt I should bowl spin since I didnt have the physique for a fast bowler I bowled a chinaman firstup and though my coach was surprised he encouraged me to stick to it Kuldeep had told this correspondent when he first came into limelightHaving not got enough exposure in the last couple of seasons one believes young Yadav is ready for the big leap sooner rather than later