India spinner Kuldeep Yadav remains unfazed by the noise surrounding the controversy ahead of the high-voltage Asia Cup Super 4 clash against Pakistan. The left-arm wrist-spinner also outlined his success mantra, saying he treats every batter the same, regardless of the opposition.
00:00Kuldeep, two player of the matches performances, and you didn't get the matches like England, after that two months or three months, how challenging it is to perform straight away.
00:11Tell us about your mental preparation, it's not easy to be sitting, but what challenges do you have to perform straight away?
00:20There are challenges, because when you play the first game, your rhythm is very important.
00:28If you play a regular game, your rhythm is set.
00:32You have to have a idea of playing balling, or you have to have a time in the field,
00:37how you react to the field.
00:40That was a little bit, but in England, obviously, I have seen the conditions, or the team combinations.
00:47I didn't get a place in the team, but obviously, it was a good time for me to improve my fitness,
00:55and to give the balling and volume, because it's very important.
00:59And to learn a lot, I mean, as a player, you learn a lot when you don't play.
01:03When the team reacts in situations, you can judge from outside, and you have a lot of ideas that you are in this situation,
01:13and you have a lot of ideas that you are in this situation.
01:17And then, obviously, after that, I played in the Dillip Trophy match,
01:21I played in the wicket list.
01:23I played 35-35 wards.
01:24So, my rhythm was set.
01:26It was very important for me to play balling, volume,
01:31obviously, to play balling in the nets, and to play balling in the match.
01:36But yes, when I played the first match,
01:39obviously, you want to play a lot after a time,
01:41so you want to play a good performance.
01:43But I don't think so much about it.
01:45It's just that I focus on my strength.
01:49I will focus on that.
01:50And I will try to play in good areas.
01:54Kuldeep, you didn't get a wicket in the Dillip Trophy.
01:59Just from here, from here.
02:00Now, in this tournament, you only played 37 games.
02:02You played 7 wickets.
02:03I mean, every 5-5 game.
02:06Is this the best you have balled in T20 Internationals?
02:09No.
02:10I'm very good in T20.
02:12So, I don't think that I'm doing so much balling,
02:17but I feel like I can improve and better.
02:21Because if you read the batsmen in situations,
02:24you always make mistakes in this format.
02:26When you are always at the top,
02:28in any team,
02:30and you don't make mistakes,
02:32you don't notice,
02:33but you feel that you don't have a mistake.
02:35So, I have to do that.
02:37I feel like I need to do more in balling.
02:40Because there are other formats.
02:42And it's important that the ball is playing with your hands,
02:46if you are happy or not,
02:48you can only be the best jazz.
02:51And I feel like you have to do some work.
03:19Mr.
03:21Hey.
03:21and I don't have any problems in it.
03:25I feel like using small angles to use for ballers is very important.
03:32As a wrist spinner, I always feel like your release point,
03:36your finish, your body transfer or not.
03:40When you don't play, this is a lot of things in your mind.
03:44But obviously, video analysts have a lot of ideas
03:48about how you are doing bowling.
03:50Now, I feel like my rhythm is very good.
03:53When I changed my time, I felt like I was used to.
04:00Kuldeep, from the Champions Trophy,
04:04of course, that was 50 over format,
04:06but are the surfaces a lot different now as compared to then?
04:10If yes, how is that adjusted and the way you bowl?
04:15And secondly, the work that you are putting into your batting
04:18because obviously, so much focus on number eight, wanting to bat in T20 cricket, etc.
04:22So, just the work that you have done in that aspect.
04:26Obviously, I am not worried about batting.
04:28You know, even whenever you get the opportunity to bat during the net session, I generally bat.
04:36And it's very important to bat in the game.
04:38That's the most important thing for any batter who wanted to improve his batting.
04:44So, match me batting is very important.
04:47But obviously, I have been working a lot on my batting.
04:50Secondly, in terms of the pitch conditions, I feel these wickets are perfect for the spinner
04:57because you get the bounce and the zip.
05:00If you compare to the Champions Trophy wickets,
05:03the wickets were very slow and you have to put a lot of revs on the ball
05:08and to get the extra bounce and the pace as well.
05:11So, if I see now, as a pitch for baller, it's perfect.
05:20As well as for batsman, it's perfect.
05:22You know, if you compare to the Champions Trophy,
05:24that was slow track and it was very difficult for batter to score runs.
05:28And even for wrist spinner to get the bounce and turn and to produce any kind of wicket.
05:33Kulip, you are part of a four-man spin attack in the Champions Trophy.
05:39Here, three of you are playing.
05:41Can you just tell us about the chemistry between you and Varun and Akshar?
05:44Pretty much, very simple.
05:46You know, everyone knows their job.
05:48And my job is to take wicket in the middle of us.
05:51Akshar, obviously, we have seen him bowling in the power play.
05:55And he done the controlling job for us.
05:59And obviously, between me, Varun and Akshar, we are very experienced in T20 format
06:07and understand the role very well.
06:09And giving a lot of inputs really helped me or anyone who is bowling in the middle.
06:16So, whether it's Akshar or Varun and me, you know,
06:20whosoever is bowling first probably assess the conditions really well
06:24and then probably suggest something.
06:26So, it's good combination and we are very happy with that.
06:31Kuldi Bhai,
06:32Pakistan, you have a strong performance with your Pakistan.
06:34From 2018 to 2018.
06:36We played the last match.
06:38How different was it?
06:39Can you tell us?
06:40And what happens when your performance is always coming?
06:43I mean, Hardik Bhai, Rohit Bhai, Virat Bhai.
06:46But some people have a special motivation.
06:50Especially playing against Pakistan.
06:52How different was it?
06:53How different was it?
06:54How different was it?
06:56No, it was different.
06:57Because if you hit the pitch,
06:59there is no difference.
07:00There is a bad man in front of you.
07:02You have to put the ball in front of you.
07:04It's just the mindset that you want to do their best.
07:07And you don't want to go back and take a step.
07:11So, there is always motivation that they have to do better.
07:16Obviously, what has been our history,
07:18it can also be because of that.
07:20But yes, it's just that
07:22I am very lucky that
07:24there is a good performance against them.
07:26And that is so important.
07:28And you don't try to do a lot more special.
07:31If you read the batsman,
07:33who is batting.
07:34Obviously, there is a lot of matches.
07:36So, particularly, there is a lot of batsmen.
07:38There is a lot of ideas about who plays.
07:40There are some new players.
07:41But obviously, there is a lot of ideas about who plays.
07:44But they keep them in control.
07:46And they mix their skills.
07:48That is very important.
07:50Kuldeep,
07:52I would like to know one thing.
07:54You said in the first question,
07:56how did you read the game from outside?
07:58You added your volume.
08:00But one thing is,
08:01how does the communication keep from the head coach?
08:04Because every time,
08:05when there is an extra batsman,
08:08which can do bowling,
08:10there is also a perception of who can batting,
08:12who can do bowling.
08:13And you can play a test.
08:14Whenever you play a test,
08:15your performance is always good.
08:17It's not that it's inconsistent,
08:19poor performance.
08:20So,
08:21in a situation,
08:22two months,
08:23in a country,
08:24every day,
08:25you have to give time to the practice.
08:27How do you stay mentally?
08:29What do you have to do with the coach?
08:31No,
08:32it was clear communication.
08:33And,
08:34sometimes,
08:35in three or four matches,
08:37I felt like I could play,
08:38but unfortunately,
08:39I couldn't play.
08:40Just because of the batting depth,
08:42I wanted them.
08:43And,
08:44communication was very clear.
08:45And,
08:46I felt like it was a very important thing.
08:48And,
08:49it was very straightforward.
08:50And,
08:51I never thought I could play,
08:52but,
08:53as you know,
08:54that the batting depth,
08:55we had that.
08:57But,
08:58just because of the age,
08:59there was no such thing,
09:00particularly with skill,
09:02or with batting.
09:05I mean,
09:06just because of the conditions,
09:08or the combination,
09:10but,
09:11the time spent,
09:13we enjoyed our time.
09:15And,
09:16when you don't play,
09:17you learn a lot.
09:18And,
09:19you are a better player.
09:20Because,
09:21you have a lot of ideas,
09:22that you will react in this situation.
09:24It is very easy to blame someone.
09:26And,
09:27it is very tough,
09:28to improve yourself,
09:30that I am in a week,
09:32and I want to work in a week.
09:34And,
09:35I want to be a better player.
09:36So,
09:37there are two paths.
09:38The players choose from their opinion,
09:39and they will go on their way.
09:40But,
09:41it is very important,
09:42that you are working hard,
09:43to leave someone,
09:44to leave them.
09:45And,
09:46you always feel like,
09:47the game is such a thing,
09:48that you always show a good day,
09:49and a bad time.
09:50But,
09:51it is such a thing,
09:52that if you don't play,
09:53at least,
09:54you have so much time,
09:55that you have to work,
09:56and become a better player,
09:57when you get the opportunity.
09:59and,
10:00you have to be a better player,
10:01and,
10:02you have to be a better player.
10:03So,
10:04I guess...
10:06you have to be a better player,
10:07and,
10:08you have to be a better player,
10:10that you have to be a better player,
10:11and,
10:12just because,
10:14you are not a specialist,
10:16but,
10:17you have to be a better player.
10:19Because,
10:20its the best player,
10:21I don't have to contribute as much as much as you have contributed in Cheetah Gaunt,
10:25and you have made a very important run from bats.
10:28So what do you think that going forward,
10:31you also have a lot of effort on batting,
10:34so what do you think about batting?
10:37Absolutely.
10:38You always have to work on batting,
10:40but it's just that your bowling strength is.
10:42If I play in any team,
10:44if I play a baller,
10:46it will be my job to get out of wicket.
10:48If I don't get out of wicket,
10:49it will be simple as that.
10:52So it's very important to understand that
10:55as a proper baller you play in the team,
10:57you have to play wicket for the team.
10:59But in the next session, practice session,
11:03you have to improve any skill.
11:05So definitely,
11:07I will always do that work,
11:09just like I am always doing it.
11:11And I've always learned something,
11:12I've always been working on my life.
11:14The other things are happening in my mind.
11:16And when you get the time,
11:18why don't you work on your own?
11:23With Oman,
11:24there is a relationship with Oman.
11:25How will we ensure that
11:26there is no complacency in the team?
11:28And there is an historic moment for Oman.
11:30You are playing with Oman.
11:31First, India and Oman.
11:33A very good team.
11:35There is no small team in their team.
11:37It's not a small team in their team.
11:38The first thing is this.
11:39And this game is very fast.
11:41So how fast you can adapt,
11:43the conditions are very important.
11:45But obviously,
11:46the team is very experienced enough
11:49to get the things to tackle.
11:51And so many players have experience.
11:53Obviously,
11:54obviously,
11:55it's very important to maintain that thing.
11:59And we try to keep our intensity
12:01of our match game
12:02that we maintain it.
12:04And it doesn't matter
12:06if there is no opponent
12:07but we will try to play it.
12:09to make it more.
12:10Three of our match game
12:11is not really good.
12:12Thank you very much.
12:13So,
12:14I think
12:17that is the same.
12:18Mr. Rishjan,
12:19yes,
12:20he would throw at him.
12:21Sorry,
12:22Mr. Rishjan.
12:23Mr. Rishjan.
12:24Mr.,
12:25Mr. Rishjan.
12:26Just to see the change
12:27that we have lost
12:28from then,
12:29Mr. Rishjan.
12:30Mr. Rishjan.
12:31Mr. Rishjan is very good.
12:32So,
12:33Mr. Rishjan,
12:34Mr. Rishjan,
12:35Mr. Rishjan,
12:36Mr. Rishjan,
12:37Mr. Rishjan,
12:38When you do balling, you read the batsmen.
12:42Some are good batsmen who are playing well.
12:44Shine Afridi is playing well in the last two games.
12:48You do a small mistake and then you realize that I can better do this.
12:52And when you fail, you can learn.
12:55Every game is not perfect for you.
12:59And every game is not a failure.
13:02So you improve it from somewhere.
13:04And you can learn how to better.
13:07So yes, in bowling, you have to take five or six wickets.
13:10We always hope that you can do better things.
13:13Sometimes you get a wicket, sometimes you don't.
13:16Kuldeep, you mentioned to Kushan's question about, you know,
13:19how you kind of kept yourself in the game in England
13:22for all the five test matches even if you're not playing.
13:25Do you think football helps you in doing that?
13:28Because of your love for football, you practice commentary,
13:30you do everything else.
13:31It actually is following some other sport
13:33and getting yourself immersed in some other sport,
13:35taking your mind off cricket allows you to kind of do what you do better
13:39and keep yourself involved and deal with mental health challenges,
13:43especially when you're perhaps not playing.
13:45100%.
13:46I mean, if you follow other sport, you get to know how it feels
13:52when team is performing really well.
13:55And you see the bench strength of their team.
13:57They have some unbelievable bench strength.
13:59And you see them, okay, when you focus on them, okay,
14:02say they're not getting enough time, like 20 minutes, 15 minutes,
14:05but they are so good players.
14:06They can start in any game.
14:07But yeah, you see other teams and you see how they play,
14:12the big team especially.
14:13And when they play against the small team, how they react,
14:16the communication, the final decision making is so quick.
14:20You hardly have enough time to react.
14:22And obviously, I play cricket on the field.
14:25That's my job.
14:26And after that, I just enjoy football.
14:28You know, there are so many games.
14:31You just watch them and enjoy.
14:33Because even in any sport, you just watch them and admire them,
14:39how they play.
14:40And especially in team games, you know, the communication,
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