Keep an eye on Kuldeep Yadav: Sunil Gavaskar

It is not every day that a youngster catches the eye of former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar. However, this time, around, Kuldeep Yadav, one of the young and upcoming players in the ranks seems to be one of Gavaskar’s favorites. Yadav has been mighty impressive for the Kolkata Knight Riders this season and has also managed to keep out the likes of Brad Hogg from the team. The 66-year old has therefore advised the Indian selectors to keep an eye on the young chinaman.

Gavaskar asserted, “He has been quite impressive and my honest advice to the Indian selectors will be to keep an eye on this young man. And the fact that he is a different kind of a bowler, you have got to be a little patient with him. But, he is the kind of a bowler who can win you matches in the future. We should keep an eye on him.”

Gavaskar also downplayed the stir caused by RCB skipper Virat Kohli during their encounter in the 1st playoff match at Bangalore. The controversy arose when Kohli lost his cool when Eklavya Dwivedi was dismissed by a Kohli catch on the long-on fence. However, Gavaskar downplayed the situation stating that Kohli simply wanted to ascertain the ‘rationale’ behind the decision.

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However, Gavaskar felt, “I think he just went to the umpire to enquire what was happening. I don’t think he was going to argue. You have got to understand sometimes captains and coaches want to know what is the rationale behind a particular decision. He just wanted a clarification.”

“I don’t think it was a confrontation. It was a skipper who is so involved and committed to the team winning the trophy, they have not won the trophy. We should not read too much into it.”

When asked who was the better batsman between Kohli and de Villiers, Gavaskar said, “Are you mad, if I say something Virat will come and confront me. Virat says AB is number one, so he is number one.”