Former England skipper Michael Vaughan lauded star India spinner Kuldeep Yadav, calling him “left-armed Shane Warne” after his excellent effort with the ball on the third day of the continuing fourth Test at JSCA International Stadium Complex on Sunday.
Demonstrating his full repertoire and tying the Englishman in knots on a useful floor, Kuldeep picked up 4 wickets in a spell of 15 overs throughout which he conceded simply 22 runs.
The left-arm Chinaman bowler claimed the prized wickets of opener Zak Crawly whereas he was going properly, skipper Ben Stokes, Tom Hartley, and Ollie Robinson. It was largely driving on his effort with the ball that England wound up for lower than 150, giving England a reasonably comfy goal of 192 runs.
With the bat, too, Kuldeep produced a priceless knock of 28 runs off 131 balls, including a vital 76 runs with wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel (90) at a time when the hosts had been staring down the barrel.
Their partnership helped India go previous 300 runs of their first innings, lowering England’s first-innings result in simply 46 runs.
Taking to his X deal with, Vaughan heaped reward on Kuldeep, posting, “The best compliment I can give @imkuldeep18. Today he bowled like a left-armed Shane Warne. #INDvENG.”
In three matches of the collection thus far, Kuldeep has taken 12 wickets at a mean of twenty-two.58 whereas contributing 67 runs with the willow throughout 5 innings.
Meanwhile, India ended play on Day 3 at 40/0, chasing 192 to take an unassailable 3-1 lead within the five-match Test collection. At the shut of play, skipper Rohit Sharma (24*) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (16*) had been unbeaten on the crease, with the hosts needing an extra 152 runs extra to clinch the collection.
The guests had been shot out for simply 145 of their second dig, with Zak Crawley (60 off 91 balls, with seven fours) and Jonny Bairstow (30 off 42 balls with three fours) providing some resistance. Spinners took all the ten wickets for India, with Ravichandran Ashwin (5/51) and Kuldeep Yadav (4/22) main the bowling effort.
