"Khoon khaulta hai" - Kuldeep Yadav delivers savage insult, calls Pakistan "school kids"

The 30-year-old premier India National Cricket Team wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav absolutely hates Pakistan, revealed his childhood coach Kapil Dev Pandey in a recent interaction.

Kapil Dev Pandey said that Kuldeep Yadav's blood boils seeing Pakistanis and the left-arm wrist-spinner labels their current crop of cricketers as a bunch of school kids.

Kuldeep Yadav annihilates Pakistan in Asia Cup 2025

The left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep's hate for Pakistan reflects on his performances as well, as he has been destroying the opposition for a very long time now and has a great record against them.

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In the recently concluded Asia Cup 2025, Kuldeep Yadav ran through the Pakistan batting unit in two out of three matches.

Kuldeep Yadav returned with figures of 3/18 in the Group Stage game, and then in the final, he bowled an exceptional spell of 4/30 against the Men In Green, playing a vital in India producing a stunning turnaround. In the Super Four game as well, Kuldeep Yadav did a good job, registering figures of 1/31 against Salman Agha & Co.

Overall, in three T20I matches against Pakistan, Kuldeep Yadav has bagged 8 wickets in 3 games, and in 7 ODI matches, he has bagged 15 wickets.

Pakistan ko dekhte hi uska khoon khaulta hai - Kapil Dev Pandey

In an interaction with TOI, Kapil Dev Pandey, who is an ex-Navy man, said that he advised Kuldeep Yadav to channel his anger in the right direction after being benched for the entire Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.

"Pakistan ko dekhte hi uska khoon khaulta hai. Pakistan ne bachche aur nausikhiyon ki team bheji thi iss baar (His blood boils the moment he sees Pakistan. Pakistan sent a team of kids and inexperienced players this time).

"I told Kuldeep, ‘Your coach is a soldier. Discipline is in my blood. Play with discipline. You must not lose to Pakistan.’ Kuldeep always remembers this. After the England tour, he was sitting there hungry. I was the one who had kept his anger in control."

"I told him to show his anger through bowling. He watched a lot of videos of the batters and bowled according to their stance. His formula was not to give too much flight—too much flight gives the batter more time. He just focused on the stance)," Pandey said.

He said Pakistan sent kids to play - Kapil Dev Pandey

Kapil Dev Pandey further stated that the left-arm wrist-spinner follows a simple strategy against Pakistan of maintaining a cool and calm nature irrespective of the situation, which helped him achieve tremendous success.

"We always follow the strategy of staying cool and relaxed against Pakistan. Focus on their patterns and don’t take pressure. If someone provokes you, don’t respond; maintain your focus. Kuldeep did exactly that. He practiced the big break ball extensively for the Asia Cup. It went perfectly against Babar Azam in the 2019 World Cup. He used the same ball against Sri Lanka. Later, similar balls slipped from Sanju Samson’s hands," the coach said.

"In T20s, sometimes we use aggressive spin to confuse the batsman. Kuldeep was aggressive against Pakistan, but mentally too. He couldn’t stop smiling. He said Pakistan sent kids to play. If Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were there, the competition would have been different," he added.

Pandey also criticised PCB for not picking Shadab Khan in the squad for the Asia Cup 2025 and revealed that Kuldeep Yadav calls the current Pakistan players "school kids."

"Pakistan didn't include their trump card, Shadab Khan. He is currently Pakistan’s most dangerous spinner and a good batsman too. Kuldeep bola ye school ke bachhe utha ke le aaye," the coach said.

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