The Indian cricket staff all however secured their semi-finals ticket with a convincing 100-run victory over defending champions England within the Cricket World Cup 2023 match on Sunday. While the pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami did the majority of the harm with the brand new ball, Kuldeep Yadav additionally joined the social gathering with two essential wickets. Playing at his dwelling floor, Kuldeep exploited the situations successfully. When requested concerning the significance of India’s victory over England within the high-profile conflict, the left-arm spinner admitted that “it wasn’t that tough” for the Indian staff.

Kuldeep attended the press convention after the match and was requested by a reporter of beating England alerts a change of guard within the format. His response was as assured as his efficiency on the day.

Reporter: Did the match – beating the defending champions so convincingly, does that really feel like a altering of the guard second the place it adjustments round for you?

Kuldeep Yadav: I imply to be very sincere it was good to win – beating defending champion. They havn’t had an amazing event to this point. So it wasn’t that powerful –  they restricted us for like 230.

As a bowler, I assumed in all probability we’ve to select early wicket to be within the sport and definitely Jasprit and Shami did and after they have been 4 down for 40 runs, we simply making an attempt to bowl in good areas and make them make mistake.

That was our plan as a bowler, as a spinner, me and Jadeja. And positively if you lose early wicket, you are at all times behind the sport.

Reporter:Does this England staff really feel totally different to the 2019 staff?

Kuldeep Yadav:I imply, I believe situations matter so much. They have the perfect staff. They performed some actually good cricket through the years they usually have the identical gamers. So, nothing adjustments.

It was the primary time on this event that India batted first and Kuldeep was delighted to check himself underneath the lights.

“I mean, it is good if we get the batting first. But if we got a good score, it would have been more fun. The score was good at 230 and the wicket was difficult. The way Rohit [Sharma] batted and gave a good respectable total of 230. I was hoping that if we get two wickets in powerplay, we will be in the game. The way Shami and Jasprit bowled, the first spell, they got two wickets in powerplay and we were back in the game. My job was simple, to bowl at a good length. It was spinning. I used the crease well. The result was good,” stated Kuldeep.

“I know my hometown well and the conditions very well. The wicket spins and when you bowl on seam, it spins better. I was trying to bowl the ball on a good length and use the crease well. There is always public support. Wherever you play in India, even before this we played in Dharamshala, there was full support. And after that, here, it felt good to play on my home ground,” he added.

When requested if the Ekana stadium pitch was good for ODI cricket, Kuldeep stated it 100% was.

“100 percent it was a good wicket. It was challenging. 50 over is all about skill and if you are set then batting is easy and at night the ball was seaming well, and if you have quality seamers then you are always in the game and 100 percent this was the perfect wicket for one day,” stated the spinner.

The left-arm spinner additionally sympathised with the England staff, saying they have not fairly had issues going their means regardless of possessing a formidable staff.

“I mean, they have a very good team, they have been playing good cricket. They have changed cricket a lot and every time everything does not go in your favour. Sometimes you face bad times, I am sure they are thinking the same,” he stated.

“The English fan’s expectations for the performance were not met. Whichever team is playing, they are playing their best cricket and they want to defeat big teams. The biggest motivation for every team is that England is a big team. They were the last World Cup champions. So, the motivation is always high.”

“Even for us, they are a big team. We were thinking the same way when we were preparing for this game. We thought that they would be a good competition in the game. Definitely, if you win against a big team, you are always happy,” he concluded.