Former Indian batter Manoj Tiwary slammed Kuldeep Yadav’s body language after Delhi Capitals suffered an eight-wicket loss against Chennai Super Kings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on Tuesday. Yadav returned with expensive figures of 0-34 in the three overs he bowled when DC were trying to defend a below-par score of 156.
Tiwary noted that Yadav’s shoulders mostly drop when he is taken to the cleaners by the opposition batters. Sanju Samson was able to dominate the wrist-spinner as he scored a match-winning knock of 87 runs off just 52 balls.
“Kuldeep Yadav was not able to land the ball in the right areas with consistency. While watching, it felt like, if Kuldeep is hit for runs, or bowls with a pre-determined mindset, he ends up bowling short in fear of the batter stepping down the track after a good ball. Today all of the sixes that were hit off him were off the backfoot. As a spinner, he has to be fearless. No doubt that he is a capable bowler. But as a spinner, where the pitch was helpful for you, you cannot get hit for this many runs,” Manoj Tiwary said on Cricbuzz.
“When the team is under pressure, and in a must-win situation where you saw the opposition spinners bowl so well, as one of India’s top spinners, you have to bowl better. When there is fear, then this kind of performance happens. I would advise him to not drop his shoulders so soon. I have been noticing this for a long time that when he gets hit for a six, his head just drops down. He starts looking at the crease, and this only gives the batter extra confidence. So, he has to improve this,” he elaborated.
On the other hand, former Indian spinner Murali Kartik said a bowler must not show his frustration to the batter, but Kuldeep fails to hide his emotions when he is getting hit.
“You cannot show your feelings to the batter. Even if there is frustration over bowling a bad ball or getting hit, you have to show or project something else. That is very important. You take Axar Patel, for example, his shoulders never drop. The frustration is clearly visible in Kuldeep’s case, and it should not be seen,” Kartik said of the DC star.
Delhi Capitals will next take on Kolkata Knight Riders at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, on Friday.
