India’s left-arm wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav has mentioned he loved his first style of England’s Bazball method in in Visakhapatnam as a result of it not solely created extra wicket-taking alternatives but additionally made bowlers take into consideration limiting batters in Test cricket.

“Usually in Tests you’re not used to teams attacking you with this kind of approach [Bazball], but it also involves you a lot more,” Kuldeep mentioned forward of the third Test in opposition to England beginning on February 15 in Rajkot. “As a spinner it makes you more focused on how you want to bowl and what your approach is.

“Normally whenever you play Tests, you do not fear about batters attacking you, you are solely centered on the way you wish to get them out. But right here the method is completely different, they’re in attacking mode so that you additionally need to plan prohibit them. When they play photographs, you’ve these many alternatives to take wickets. It’s attention-grabbing. The final recreation was my first [against Bazball], I loved it so much, it is good for cricket.”

The Visakhapatnam Test was only Kuldeep’s ninth Test since he made his debut in March 2017. It was his first in over 15 months. Kuldeep picked up three of his four wickets in the first innings as India took a 143-run lead that helped them level the five-Test series 1-1.

“It’s been good,” Kuldeep said with a smile when asked about finally getting a chance in Test cricket. “Whatever Tests I’ve performed, I’ve carried out effectively. I’ve three five-fors, so yeah it feels good whenever you see the stats. I’m very blissful.”

The pitches for the first two Tests of this series have not been rank turners and, if that trend continues in Rajkot, Kuldeep could keep his place in the XI even if Ravindra Jadeja returns. Kuldeep’s accuracy and extra bounce made him more effective than Axar Patel in Visakhapatnam.

“Am unsure of my place,” he said when asked about his chances of playing in Rajkot. “If I get the chance, I’ll be more than pleased. I do not suppose an excessive amount of about whether or not am taking part in or not. I simply take pleasure in my day and preserve working exhausting. Combination is such a factor that it issues in a crew recreation. As easy as that.”

Kuldeep wanted no reminders of his previous Test in Rajkot, the place he took a five-for in opposition to West Indies in 2018.

“It’ll be a batting wicket,” he said when asked about the pitch for the upcoming Test against England. ‘It doesn’t mean there’ll be 700-800 runs scored. It’ll be a good wicket. It won’t be a rank turner, it will be a live wicket, good for cricket.”

Why has there been a sudden shift within the nature of pitches for this sequence?

“I haven’t played on rank turners, I don’t know what the approach or thought is, it’s a team management decision,” Kuldeep mentioned. “Obviously everyone wants to watch good cricket. I don’t know if I’ll get an opportunity or not, but whether it’s flat wicket or rank turner, I enjoy it. I think batting is also important, not just spin bowling. Fast bowling comes into the game as well. It’s good for cricket. It’s not like you’ll see rank turners only, but hopefully you’ll see it [laughs].”