Virender Sehwag lauds Kuldeep Yadav in IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2025 clash, tips wrist spinner to be tournament’s highest wicket-taker

Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag lavished praise on Kuldeep Yadav after the Men in Blue registered a thumping seven-wicket win against Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai in the ongoing Asia Cup 2025 on Sunday. 

Kuldeep Yadav was the pick of the bowlers, returning with figures of 3-18 in his quota of four overs. The wrist spinner dismissed Sahibzada Farhaz, Mohammad Nawaz, and Hasan Nawaz in his fine spell and thus bagged the Player of the Match award.

Yadav had also returned with impressive figures of 4-7 in 2.1 overs he bowled against UAE and had won the Player of the Match award. Ergo, the wrist spinner has scalped seven wickets in two matches of the continental tournament at an average of 3.57 and an economy rate of 4.05.

“I feel he will go back as the highest wicket-taker from this Asia Cup. He deceives the batters with his skill. The batter thinks the ball would come in, but it goes away after pitching. When he thinks it would go away, it pitches and comes in,” Virender Sehwag said on Sony Sports.

Sehwag lauded Yadav for dismissing Sahibzada Farhan and Mohammad Nawaz with guile and feels the more the wrist spinner plays, the better he will get.

“He got the left-hander lbw, and when he got the right-hander Farhan out while trying to hit straight, it was an away-going delivery. He got a top edge, and the ball went straight up in the air. I feel the more Kuldeep Yadav is playing, the better bowler he is becoming,” Sehwag observed.

On the other hand, former Indian batter Ajay Jadeja said spinners are like wine and they get better with age.

“It’s said that spinners are like wine. The older they get, the better they become. They get more experienced and the passion reduces. Fast bowlers need passion always, but a spinner’s job is this only,” he said.