Kuldeep Yadav
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- Kuldeep Yadav scored a hat-trick in the second match against New Zealand A
- Kuldeep Yadav has also hat-tricked twice at One Day Internationals
- Kuldeep is the only bowler to achieve two international hat-tricks for India
India vs New Zealand: India’s Chinese bowler Kuldeep Yadav has been fighting for a place in the international team for some time now. But against New Zealand A, he played brilliantly while playing for India A. He took four wickets for 51 runs from 10 overs in the second ODI of the three match series. The special thing is that he took the last three wickets continuously and completed the hat-trick from him. This Kuldeep hat-trick won’t go on the international record, but he has also done it twice at One Day International.
Kuldeep Yadav is currently part of the India A team managed by Sanju Samson. He too may find a place on the Indian team for the upcoming South African ODI series. Before that, he played amazingly in the ODI match against New Zealand A in Chennai. He scored a hat-trick in New Zealand’s last three wickets in a row. Kuldeep took three consecutive wickets in the form of Logan van Beek, Joe Walker and Jacob Duffy. Thanks to four wickets from him, the New Zealand A team dropped to 219 runs in 47 overs.
Kuldeep is the only Indian to achieve 2 hat-tricks in international cricket
Kuldeep Yadav has scored two hat-tricks in One Day International cricket. He is the only bowler to do so for India. He achieved this feat against Australia in 2017 at Eden Gardens and against the West Indies at Visakhapatnam in 2019. Apart from him, the top 5 players who have scored 2 or more hat-tricks in ODI cricket are as follows:
- Lasith malinga – 3
- Wasim Akram – 2
- Kuldeep Yadav – 2
- Trent Boult – 2
- Saqlain Mushtaq – 2
If we talk about the current series between India A and New Zealand A, then in the first match, India defeated the Kiwi team by 7 wickets, recording their first victory under the leadership of Sanju Samson. In that match as well, Kuldeep Yadav pitched well and proved to be economical as well. In that match Kuldeep took a wicket for 22 runs in 9 overs. Here he took four wickets for 51 runs in 10 overs, which included his brilliant hat-trick.
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