Birthday boy Kuldeep Yadav scalped a crucial fifer to guide India to a stunning 106 run win over South Africa. With the win India tied the series 1-1 against the Proteas. After the match, India Cricket Team skipper Suryakumar Yadav claimed that Kuldeep is never happy with himself and is always hungry. Thus, with the fifer Kuldeep should be happy after such an important five-wicket haul.
“He(Kuldeep) is never happy. He is always hungry. It is a nice self gift on his birthday. I mean it is important to know your game. I just go out there and enjoy myself. The balance is important,” said Suryakumar Yadav after the match.
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Five-fors for India in Men’s T20Is
6/7 – Deepak Chahar vs Bangladesh, Nagpur, 2019
6/25 – Yuzvendra Chahal vs England, Bengaluru, 2017
5/4 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar vs Afghanistan, Dubai, 2022
5/17 – Kuldeep Yadav vs South Africa, Johannesburg, 2023
5/24 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar vs South Africa, Johannesburg, 2018
5/24 – Kuldeep Yadav vs England, Manchester, 2018
Kuldeep Yadav scalped 5 crucial wickets by giving away just 17 runs in his 2.5 overs spell to break South Africa’s backbone. His victims included the likes of David Miller, Donovan Ferrera, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger and Lizaad Williams.
Tasked to bat first, India amassed a huge score of 201 courtesy of Yashavi Jaiswal’s fifty and SKY’s magnificent century. In the end, it was a complete all-round bowling effort that bundled out South Africa for just 95 runs.