DUBAI: Amongst the three wickets that Kuldeep Yadav took to take the wind out of the second half of Pakistan's inning son Sunday night at the Dubai International Stadium, the Chinaman bowler's childhood coach Kapil Pandey, watching the match from Kanpur, enjoyed watching the dismissal of Shaheen Shah Afridi, who looked clueless while falling lbw on the backfoot against a googly, the most.
"The batter thought that the ball would spin away from him, but it came back in as Kuldeep changed his wrist position at the last minute for a googly. This is exactly how he had dismissed Joe Root in Nottingham, while taking six for 25 (his career-best ODI haul, in 2018), who too was trapped lbw on the backfoot. I also enjoyed the way he got Salman Agha's wicket-the batter tried to hit him to mid-wicket, but the ball went to the covers. This is what Kuldeep can do. When he's at his best, the batters try to do something against him, but something else happens," a beaming Pandey told TOI from Kanpur.
