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The KL Rahul-led Indian cricket group is within the driver’s seat towards Bangladesh within the first Test in Chattogram. On Day 2 of the match, keft-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav shone with each bat and ball as India plunged Bangladesh into critical bother. Bangladesh collapsed to 133-8 at stumps, with Kuldeep selecting up 4-33 after his 40 made an important contribution to India’s first innings complete of 404 runs. Mohammad Siraj ripped the hearts out of Bangladesh’s prime order with 3-14 earlier than Kuldeep — enjoying the sequence as a late substitute for Ravindra Jadeja — mesmerised the house facet along with his left-arm spin.
His effort was lauded by Dinesh Karthik. “The key moment for me was the second ball he bowled to Shakib Al Hasan, somebody who is a very good player of spin. He knows how to tackle a spinner. Stepped out but the ball just dipped a little bit in front and got enough turn for him to play the wrong shot. That was really good bowling. That ball would have given Kuldeep a lot of confidence and that was the starting of his spell,” mentioned Karthik on Cricbuzz.
“From there on you could see Kuldeep in full flow. He troubles good batters. You can see from the batters who came after that, really struggled to play him. That was really heartening. It will keep India in good stead even when they travel abroad but more so for the forthcoming series against Australia. He will become a good weapon to have.”
Kuldeep struck off his second ball, forcing Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan to offer Virat Kohli a catch at slip for 3, lowering Bangladesh to 75-5.
The 28-year-old spinner then eliminated Nurul Hasan (16), Mushfiqur Rahim (28) and Taijul Islam (0) to place India firmly in management.
With AFP inouts
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