Iconic Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar has called the national selectors to keep track of young spinner Kuldeep Yadav’s progress. With plenty of newcomers making it to the Indian squad for the Zimbabwe tour, the chinaman exponent missed the cut.
However, Yadav seems to have gotten the approval of Gavaskar himself. Speaking to PTI, the former Indian skipper indicated to the selection committee about the left-armer’s potential as a game-changing bowler.
Gavaskar asserted, “He has been quite impressive and my honest advice to the Indian selectors will be to keep an eye on this young man. And the fact that he is a different kind of a bowler, you have got to be a little patient with him. But, he is the kind of a bowler who can win you matches in the future. We should keep an eye on him.”
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The 66-year old also played down Virat Kohli’s displeasure over umpiring errors during the IPL qualifier between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Lions. When all-rounder Stuart Binny was given out wrongly, the RCB captain lost his cool and had a chat with the reserve umpire.
However, Gavaskar felt, “I think he just went to the umpire to enquire what was happening. I don’t think he was going to argue. You have got to understand sometimes captains and coaches want to know what is the rationale behind a particular decision. He just wanted a clarification.”
Throwing his weight behind Kohli, the veteran affirmed, “I don’t think it was a confrontation. It was a skipper who is so involved and committed to the team winning the trophy, they have not won the trophy. We should not read too much into it.”
On Kohli’s declaration that AB de Villiers was the best in the business, Gavaskar jested, “Are you mad, if I say something Virat will come and confront me. Virat says AB is number one, so he is number one.”
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