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The Times of India
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'Everyone told me my deliveries required pace but...': Kuldeep Yadav on his revival as India's most consistent ODI bowler

NEW DELHI: In recent years, Kuldeep Yadav faced criticism in white-ball cricket for his deliveries lacking pace and not troubling batsmen enough. Despite these criticisms, no one provided him with a solution to address this issue, even as he suffered a significant knee injury during the COVID-19-affected IPL in the UAE in 2020. Now, as he has become India's most consistent ODI bowler over the past 18 months, Kuldeep shared an intriguing yet humorous answer when asked how he managed to increase the pace on his deliveries.

"Everyone told me my deliveries required pace but no one told me how to do it," Kuldeep, who dismissed David Warner and Glenn Maxwell in India's World Cup opener against Australia, stated matter-of-factly.

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