How Kuldeep grew to become India’s quickest spinner to 150 ODI wkts – Online Cricket News

IMAGE: Kuldeep Yadav is the second-fastest Indian to achieve the mark after pacer Mohammed Shami, who reached 150 wickets in 80 matches. {Photograph}: BCCI/X

Kuldeep Yadav achieved a outstanding milestone on Tuesday by reaching 150 ODI wickets, making him the quickest Indian spinner to realize this feat in simply 88 One Day Internationals. This spectacular accomplishment got here throughout the Asia Cup Tremendous 4 match towards Sri Lanka.

Within the match, Kuldeep demonstrated his distinctive bowling prowess, taking 4 essential wickets whereas conceding solely 43 runs in 9.3 overs, boasting an economic system charge of 4.52. His victims included the middle-order batsmen Sadeera Samarawickrama and Charith Asalanka, and he later cleaned up the tail by dismissing Kasun Rajitha and Matheesha Pathirana.

With this milestone, Kuldeep now has 150 wickets in 88 ODIs, sustaining a powerful common of 25.64. His greatest bowling figures stand at 6/25, and he has contributed seven four-wicket hauls and two five-wicket hauls for the Indian workforce in ODIs.

Kuldeep’s achievement is all of the extra outstanding as he’s the second-fastest Indian participant to achieve 150 wickets, solely behind pacer Mohammed Shami, who achieved this milestone in 80 matches. Moreover, Kuldeep holds the excellence of being the quickest Indian spinner to achieve this landmark.

Amongst all spinners in ODI historical past, Kuldeep at the moment ranks because the fourth quickest, with solely Sri Lanka’s Ajantha Mendis (84 matches), Rashid Khan (80 matches), and Saqlain Mushtaq (78 matches) forward of him when it comes to reaching 150 ODI wickets.

Moreover, Kuldeep Yadav is main the wicket-taking charts within the ongoing match, with a complete of 9 wickets in 4 matches, together with a memorable five-wicket haul towards arch-rivals Pakistan.

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