IPL 2022 Purple Cap: Kuldeep Yadav – Yuzvendra Chahal Delhi Capitals’ Kuldeep Yadav has turned out to be the biggest comeback king in IPL 2022. Unhappy with his former club Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) not offering him chances in the last couple of seasons, he has now taken sweet revenge against his old club twice. He took his second 4-wicket haul against KKR on Friday. Follow all the IPL 2022 live updates on InsideSport.IN
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Now, the wrist spinner has shed light on the role of partner in crime & ‘big brother’ Yuzvendra Chahal who helped him overcome lean patch to become Kuldeep Yadav 2.0. The camaraderie between the two players is next to none among current generation of spinners in world cricket.
IPL 2022: Kuldeep Yadav wants BIG BROTHER Yuzvendra Chahal to win Purple Cap, reveals how he kept motivating him during injury- check out
“This is the best IPL season for me. I am enjoying my bowling. I don’t think what the batter will do and what if I get hit. My focus has been to bowl the right line and lengths,” said Kuldeep Yadav.
There has never been competition with him (Chahal). He’s like my big brother and has always backed me. He kept motivating me when I was injured and I hope he wins the Purple Cap,” he spoke about the IPL 2022 Purple Cap race.
The statement shows how the bonding between Team India players has reached another height. Earlier, India captain Rohit Sharma had defended Virat Kohli’s lean patch in international cricket in public during a press conference.
Tough times don’t last tough people do. And these two are as tough as they come. So good to see KulCha back in form together 😊 #KKRvDC #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/4bJTdTj8cI
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) April 28, 2022
- Kuldeep Yadav (17) is statistically in a race for IPL 2022 Purple Cap with Yuzvendra Chahal (18).
- He has shown a brilliant turnaround after he managed to play just 14 games in the last couple of seasons for KKR taking just 5 wickets
- While Chahal took the first hat-trick & fifer of IPL 2022, Kuldeep took sweet revenge against KKR with a 4-wicket haul twice.
- Both Chahal & Kuldeep are now in the fray for T20 World Cup spots after missing the last edition of the tournament in UAE.
IPL 2022: Kuldeep Yadav wants BIG BROTHER Yuzvendra Chahal to win Purple Cap, reveals how he kept motivating him during injury- check out
| POS | Player | Mat | Inns | Ov | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Yuzvendra Chahal |
8 | 8 | 32.0 | 227 | 18 | 40/5 | 12.61 | 7.09 | 10.66 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Kuldeep Yadav |
8 | 8 | 29.4 | 240 | 17 | 14/4 | 14.11 | 8.08 | 10.47 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 |
Umran Malik |
8 | 8 | 30.0 | 239 | 15 | 25/5 | 15.93 | 7.96 | 12.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 |
T Natarajan |
8 | 8 | 31.0 | 261 | 15 | 10/3 | 17.40 | 8.41 | 12.40 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 |
Umesh Yadav |
9 | 9 | 36.0 | 262 | 14 | 23/4 | 18.71 | 7.27 | 15.42 | 1 | 0 |
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