Kuldeep Yadav reveals why his second ODI hat-trick against West Indies is special for him

Kuldeep Yadav revealed why his ODI hat-trick against West Indies is special.   youngster boasts of having registered two ODI hat-tricks in 50-overs format. first one was against five-time world champions Australia in  September 2017 while second one was against West Indies in December 2019. 

'Will always remain special': Kuldeep Yadav 

During an Instagram live session with his bowling partner Yuzvendra Chahal and Test opener Mayank Agarwal, Kuldeep went on to say that it was his plan to put an extra slip as left-arm spinner had belief that he would be able to take hat-trick as lower-order batsmen were on crease.  

25-year-old reckoned that if he puts ball on wicket,   batsman could get bowled or can give a catch at slip, and at same time, he was also aware of what delivery he needed to bowl to accomplish hat-trick.

neless, reason why this hat-trick was special according to frontline spinner was that he and Yuzi Chahal were playing toger after a long time i.e. after 2019 World Cup and after showpiece event, eir he or Chahal was playing in a match. On top of that, it was after a long gap that he was making a return to ODI team. 

Talking about that hat-trick, chinaman spinner added that it was an important hat-trick because a good performance motivates a player and refore, that hat-trick will always remain special for him. 

Yadav had accounted for Shai Hope, Jason Holder, and Alzarri Joseph in three consecutive deliveries to complete his hat-trick as India won contest comprehensively by 107 runs.

Coming back to cricketing action, Kuldeep Yadav was all set to represent two-time winners Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2020 that was originally scheduled to get underway on March 29 but has been suspended indefinitely due to global pandemic.

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(Im Courtesy: AP)