Indian left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav revealed particulars of his discuss with teammate Yuzvendra Chahal earlier than the third and ultimate T20I of the three-match collection towards South Africa. Kuldeep thanked Chahal for his constant assist, highlighting their friendship all through the years. The left-arm wrist-spinner made a incredible comeback to type in T20Is, recording his greatest figures for Team India within the format on Thursday towards South Africa. He took 5 wickets for 17 runs in 2.5 overs to assist the guests win the ultimate sport and tie the collection 1-1.

In a current video posted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on X, Suryakumar Yadav was seen having a dialog with Kuldeep through which the stand-in skipper requested the spinner whether or not having a chat with teammate Chahal helped him choose up 5 wickets.

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Series-levelling win
Equalling @ImRo45‘s file of T20I tons

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“Chahal bhai had a long flight so we didn’t speak much. Just met him last evening where he told me not to change too much about bowling. Even when things weren’t great 2-3 years ago, he was always there for me. Hopefully, we will try to do well if we play together in ODIs,” Kuldeep stated in a video posted by BCCI.

Kuldeep additionally opened up about how he bagged a fifer.

“Wasn’t thinking much. The idea was to bowl to a particular length and then I observed that the pitch is slow and the quicker ones were gripping a bit. So I was just mixing my flighted deliveries with quicker ones. I did get a few lucky wickets as the ball was keeping low. Once I got three wickets, I thought let’s go for picking five wickets,” the left-arm wrist-spinner stated.

Then it was Kuldeep’s flip to ask Suryakumar about how the captain felt after scoring a record-equalling 4th century within the T20I format. Surya revealed how he went about striding his innings to make sure he batted for as lengthy and stayed rooted to the crease.

“Whenever I walk out to bat, I don’t think about the amount of runs I have to score. I just want to go out there and enjoy my batting. I like to sprint out to the middle and get ready to face the first ball. It was good to get the Player of the Match and Player of the Series award by coming out of my comfort zone overseas. All the success reached God, God is great,” he added.

Suryakumar’s record-levelling fourth T20I ton and Kuldeep Yadav’s five-wicket haul helped India beat Proteas by 106 runs within the third T20I to finish the collection 1-1.

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