Kuldeep Yadav eager to learn from his mistakes in 2019

Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav had a tough year on the cricket field in 2019 in both the Indian team and the IPL, but is eager to learn from his mistakes and turn his fortunes around in the upcoming season.

Last year, the Uttar Pradesh bowler was in and out of the Indian team and also had a poor run in the IPL. In one particular match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Gardens, Yadav was taken apart by Moeen Ali and Virat Kohli, which left the spinner in tears. He did not play a game for the side after that in the season.

It (2019) was a tough one. I learned a lot of things and the biggest positive was getting to know that I could have planned things better,” Kuldeep told reporters on the eve of the third and final T20 against Sri Lanka here.

If I thought more and gave more time to myself, I could have performed better. In 2020, I will try to plan every game better and give myself more time, so I get more time to reflect on my game.

“You play a lot of matches but at the same time, you have to give yourself more time to plan for the next game. I want to be more mentally prepared this year,” he elaborated.

On how he plans to rectify his mistakes, Kuldeep stated that India’s bowling coach Bharat Arun has helped him immensely and he is working on a few variations as well.

I will definitely take the help of video analysts and speak to the bowling coach (Bharat Arun) in the nets, where we can figure out the strengths and weaknesses of various batsmen,” he said.

“Now everyone knows how Kuldeep bowls he is a chinaman, who has wrong-uns, flippers. So, I have to bring changes in my bowling, which the batsmen cannot figure out,” he added.