Kuldeep Yadav opens up on the reason of his exclusion from playing XI

|| India Correspondent ||

Experienced India spinner Kuldeep Yadav has recently revealed the reason for his exclusion from the playing XI. He said that the Indian team management has always backed him and shared the reason for his exclusion and his only focus has been on improving his skills and being 'as accurate as possible' too.

"I don't pay attention to all this talk. It’s important that I keep improving my skills and be as accurate as possible. If you’re playing regularly, batsmen tend to read you. If they are getting comfortable playing me, then my job as a bowler is to keep improving. And that’s why I look to add or change a few things every time," he said to Mid Day.

"Despite all the analysis, batsmen still find ways to score runs and bowlers still find different methods to take wickets. There are other factors, too, like form, rhythm and confidence. If [your] confidence is high, you’ll start taking wickets and people will again start talking good things about you. My job is to be ready whenever the opportunity arises. The team management has always communicated to me the reason why I wasn’t getting a place in the XI. They have always backed me and I am not at all worried. I keep working hard in training sessions and do whatever the team needs," Kuldeep Yadav again shared.

Notably, Kuldeep was axed from playing XI many times in recent times. During the Australia series too, other players were chosen ahead of him. However, the KKR spinner has admitted that he was struggling to maintain the right lengths due to a lack of game time as well.

"If you're playing regularly, you get an idea about the length and can quickly identify what length to bowl. But when you’re playing with breaks, the length may sometimes be a little up or short. If I work hard on my lengths, it will help me bowl better. The first game was very important as I was playing after a long time. I didn’t get into a good rhythm in that match. Had I been playing regularly, the rhythm would not have been an issue. I made a good comeback after the first over [conceding 13 runs]. In the second game, I bowled better. It’s just that there was no assistance for a spin on the pitch, so I didn’t get the desired results. On flat pitches, length is crucial. It was difficult for spinners in the ODIs, all went for runs," Kuldeep concluded.