{"id":316761,"date":"2023-09-14T01:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T01:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/?p=316761"},"modified":"2023-09-14T01:26:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T01:26:00","slug":"how-skys-pep-talk-inspired-kuldeep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/sport\/how-skys-pep-talk-inspired-kuldeep\/","title":{"rendered":"How SKY’s Pep Talk Inspired Kuldeep"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘You told me not to go easy on the batters.’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kuldeep Yadav says his back-to-back brilliant performances against Pakistan and Sri Lanka have filled him with confidence.<\/p>\n

In a four minute-long interview on BCCI’s Web site, Kuldeep also reveals that Suryakumar Yadav’s two-minute pep talk inspired him to a match-winning four-wicket haul on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

‘Before the match,’ comeback man Kuldeep tells SKY, ‘I spoke with you and you gave a two-minute pep talk. Your pep talk worked for me. Like, it’s natural that after taking a few wickets you get a little relaxed even though you’re confident, but you told me not to go easy on the batters. Those two minutes were very important for me.’<\/p>\n

‘I was mentally prepared that I have to take wickets when I would get to bowl and do my job for the side. There are small things that go unnoticed on TV, such as speaking to someone. Those 2 minutes with you were very important. So, thank you, Surya bhai<\/em> for that,’ Kuldeep adds.<\/p>\n

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‘I am enjoying my bowling, have worked a lot in the last two years. I am feeling very confident, there are elements of rhythm and getting aggressiveness (in bowling<\/em>) which I am trying to follow,’ Kuldeep tells SKY in the conversation.<\/p>\n

The left-arm spinner credits K L Rahul for the Sadeera Samarawickrama dismissal, saying it was his advice to bowl outside the off stump.<\/p>\n

‘KL bhai<\/em> gave me advice that the ball is spinning so I should bowl a little off stump, aiming for wickets. I will give credit to KL bhai<\/em> (for that dismissal<\/em>.’<\/p>\n

Kuldeep currently leads the wicket-taking charts in Asia Cup 2023 with nine wickets, including a remarkable five wicket haul against Pakistan and 4 for 43 against Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n