The resurgence of Kuldeep Yadav has come at the right time for Team India as currently, they are aiming to win the Asia Cup for a record eighth time and then looking to add to their two ICC Cricket World Cup titles. With his superlative bowling effort against Pakistan on Tuesday, he has paid back the immense faith the Indian team management has reposed in him after he had lost form and fitness a year ago. 

A rare breed       

Yadav is a rare breed of left-arm unorthodox bowler, yet he was almost lost due to myopic vision of the Indian team management and then to a knee injury that required surgery. He faced a lot of trials and tribulations, but with persistence and hard work, he has made up a lot of ground. Now he is a premier spinner of Team India, so much so that much of the team’s fortunes in the World Cup rest on his shoulders in familiar home conditions where spinners are likely to hold sway.