1. Kuldeep Yadav was born on 14 December 1994 and is an Indian international cricketer.
34 Facts About Kuldeep Yadav
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Kuldeep Yadav was an integral member of the Indian team that won the 2024 T20 World Cup and the 2025 Champions Trophy.
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On 17 January 2020, in the second ODI against Australia, Kuldeep Yadav became the fastest spin bowler for India, in terms of innings, to take 100 wickets in ODI cricket, in his 58th innings.
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Kuldeep Yadav helped his national side to win the 2018 Asia Cup as he took the most wickets during the tournament at 10 along with Rashid Khan and Mustafizur Rahman, and being the highest wicket taker for India.
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Kuldeep Yadav made his international test debut against Australia in Dharmsala on 25 March 2017.
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Kuldeep Yadav was born in Unnao but raised in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, the son of a brick kiln owner.
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Kuldeep Yadav revealed that earlier in his life, there was a dark phase in his life when he thought of giving up cricket and committing suicide, when he was not selected in the Uttar Pradesh's under-15 team.
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Kuldeep Yadav was a member of the Mumbai Indians squad in 2012 and signed up by the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014, whom he represented at the 2014 Champions League Twenty20.
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In January 2018, Kuldeep Yadav was bought back by KKR in the 2018 IPL auction.
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Kuldeep Yadav won the player-of-the-match award four times, most by any player that season.
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Kuldeep Yadav was selected in the Indian cricket team to play against West Indies in October 2014 but did not appear in any match.
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Kuldeep Yadav made his Test debut for India against Australia on 25 March 2017, at the Dharamshala Cricket Stadium, taking four wickets in the first innings.
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Kuldeep Yadav is the first left-arm wrist spin bowler to represent India national cricket team in Test cricket.
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Kuldeep Yadav is only the third such bowler in Test cricket to take four wickets on debut.
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In June 2017, Kuldeep Yadav was named in India's squad for a limited overs tour to the West Indies.
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Kuldeep Yadav made his One Day International debut for India against the West Indies on 23 June 2017.
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Kuldeep Yadav was ultimately able to bowl in the next match of the series, where he took three wickets.
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Kuldeep Yadav made his Twenty20 International debut for India against the West Indies on 9 July 2017.
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On 21 September 2017, Kuldeep Yadav became the third bowler for India to take a hat-trick in an ODI after Chetan Sharma and Kapil Dev.
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Kuldeep Yadav took the hat-trick at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, against Australia.
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On 3 July 2018, Kuldeep Yadav took his first five-for in a T20I and became the first left-arm wrist-spin bowler to take five wickets in a T20I during the first T20I against England, in fact he became only the third Indian after Yuzvendra Chahal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar to take a five-wicket haul in a T20I.
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On 12 July 2018, during the first ODI against England, Kuldeep Yadav grabbed his maiden five-wicket haul in an ODI and set a new record for registering the best bowling figures by a left-arm spin bowler of any kind in an ODI.
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Kuldeep Yadav shattered the record of Shahid Afridi for registering the best bowling figures by a spinner against England in ODIs and broke Afridi's record for recording the best ever bowling figures by a spinner in an ODI in England.
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On 6 October 2018, in the first test against West Indies, Kuldeep Yadav took his first five-wicket haul in Tests.
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On 11 February 2019, Kuldeep Yadav moved to second position in the T20I Bowlers Rankings.
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On 30 June 2019, in the match against England, Kuldeep Yadav played in his 50th ODI.
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Kuldeep Yadav was included in India's ODI squad for the 2023 tour of the Caribbean.
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Kuldeep Yadav had a good series coming after poor form following the 2019 World Cup.
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Kuldeep Yadav picked seven wickets at 8.71, and was retained in the squad for the Asia Cup that year.
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Kuldeep Yadav finished with nine wickets; India won the tournament, and Yadav was named player of the tournament.
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In 2023 Cricket World Cup, Kuldeep Yadav was on the money from the first match against Australia, picking up 2 wickets for just 42 runs.
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Kuldeep Yadav bowled even better against Pakistan, taking 2 wickets for 35 runs.
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Kuldeep Yadav enjoyed less success against Bangladesh, getting just 1 wicket for 47 runs.
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Kuldeep Yadav even took a fifer against England in 2024.