I will never bowl a doosra in my career: Jayant Yadav

Indian cricketer Jayant Yadav is a bowling all-rounder, who plays for Haryana in domestic cricket. He is an off-spin bowler and a right-arm batsman. He plays for Delhi Daredevils (DD) in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

He told PTI that he never wanted to ball a doosra in his life. “I have never bowled a doosra in my life and will never bowl one. I believe doosra can’t be bowled without a bit of kink. My stock ball is the off-spinner and that’s my strength.”

But he said, he is working on a delivery which that can turn away from the right-handed batsmen – the carrom ball. He revealed, “I am working on my carrom ball. But to be honest, I have not reached a stage where I can use it at a big platform like IPL or international matches.”

It was hard for him to cement his place in the team since the stateside plays most of their matches on green tracks at the Bansi Lal Stadium in Lahli. Yadav affirmed, “I think it has made me tougher that we play at Lahli, which is known for its seamer-friendly tracks. Also, when Mishy bhai (Amit Mishra) is around, he is obviously the first choice spinner. If we play a second spinner, the fight is between myself and Yuzi (Yuzvendra Chahal).”

He praised Haryana Cricket Association Chief and BCCI treasurer Anirudh Chaudhary for backing him, Yadav reminisced, “It was my Ranji Trophy debut in 2011 against Gujarat in Surat. We were fighting to save relegation. Mishra and Chahal were supposed to play and Aniruddh sir said that I should be played. It was a match that could have been make or break for me and he (Chaudhary) had belief in my abilities. I got six wickets in the game and we saved relegation.”

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When asked about the experience he had with the Delhi Daredevils, he said, “For the first two days, I was in awe of him. I simply could not speak as it was like standing in front of Rahul Dravid. Then as I interacted, I was amazed at his homework.”

“Swann had such amazing drift in his deliveries while Ashwin is a master of variations. As a bowler, it is necessary to have variations when one aspires to play at the highest level,” Yadav declared when asked about his role models.