Kuldeep Yadav was born on 14 December 1994 and is an Indian international cricketer.
26 Facts About Kuldeep Yadav
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Kuldeep Yadav is a bowling all-rounder who bowls Left-arm Unorthodox spin bowler is and a capable Lower order batter who plays for India and for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket.
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Kuldeep Yadav was signed by the Delhi Capitals for the Indian Premier League.
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Kuldeep Yadav has played for the Indian Under-19 cricket team and played in the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
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On 17 January 2020, in the second ODI against Australia, 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 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 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.