Kuldeep Yadav, the Delhi Capitals (DC) spinner was the toast of the evening in their IPL 2022 match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on April 28, 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium. This was a return match between the two sides, with DC having won the previous encounter against KKR in Brabourne stadium.
DC captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and chose to bowl first. that DC had made two changes as Mitchell Marsh was back in the XI after recovering from COVID-19 and also Chetan Sakariya made his DC debut in place of injured Khaleel Ahmed.
KKR, on the other hand, made three changes as Aaron Finch was back, Baba Indrajith and Harshit Rana made their debuts for the two-time IPL champions.
A returning Aaron Finch was dismissed for 3 by Chetan Sakariya who started well on his DC debut, and then Axar Patel dismissed Venkatesh Iyer for 6 runs. Then they lost four wickets to ex-Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the middle overs.
Kuldeep Yadav Follows His 4/35 In Brabourne Against KKR With 4/14 In Wankhede Against His Former Franchise
Kuldeep Yadav then sprang into action and picked the important wickets of Shreyas Iyer (42), Babar Indrajith, Sunil Narine, and Andre Russell (0) to reduce KKR to 83/6 in 14 overs. Baba Indrajith, the KKR debutant, was caught by Rovman Powell for 6 runs.
Then, Iyer was caught brilliantly by Rishabh Pant, as he pouched a low catch to his right of an under edge from Iyer, sending him back for a well-made 42 in 37 balls with 4 fours. Baba Indrajith Andre Russell was stumped by Pant, off Kuldeep as he tried to hoick him out of Wankhede, while Sunil Narine was out LBW, despite taking a DRS review.
In the end, Kuldeep Yadav finished with 4/14 in 3 overs, following his 4/35 against KKR which he took at the Brabourne Stadium.
KKR posted a decent total of 146/9 in 20 overs thanks to Nitish Rana’s 57 in 34 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes. Kuldeep Yadav was praised by one and all on Twitter and here are some of the best tweets.
Check them out:
Strange captaincy !!! @imkuldeep18 4-14 off 3 !!!! Doesn’t bowl his full quota … !!!! #IPL2022
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) April 28, 2022
Great bowling by @imkuldeep18 and other Delhi Capitals bowlers. Really feels amazing to see a spinner helping his team and dominating a match. Way to go 😇#KKRvDC #TATAIPL pic.twitter.com/Z5OsjA2Yc8
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) April 28, 2022
Deepaaaaa on fire 🔥 @imkuldeep18
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) April 28, 2022
Kuldeep got 4 wickets and didn't get the 4th over. Interesting.
— Flighted Leggie 🏏 (@flighted_leggie) April 28, 2022
Kuldeep Yadav is once again destroying the team which tried to destroy his career. You love to see it.
— a. (@LetsGoGavi) April 28, 2022
Kuldeep Yadav to KKR pic.twitter.com/ndHw3hdt1g
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 28, 2022
Kuldeep Yadav hardly played for KKR last year
And this year he's taking all his frustration out on his ex team
8 wickets till now in two games and he's not finished yet in this game
REDEMPTION OF KULDEEP!#IPL2022
— Vinesh Prabhu (@vlp1994) April 28, 2022
W,4,W,W,1,W,W by Kuldeep Yadav in last 7 balls against KKR.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 28, 2022
Whenever Kuldeep Yadav bowls vs KKR, he bowls with some extra motivation pic.twitter.com/MatuNhdhEW
— ✨ (@Legspiner3) April 28, 2022
Kuldeep Yadav Vs KKR in IPL 2022 – 8/47 in 7 overs.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 28, 2022
Top spell @imkuldeep18 🔥🔥🔥😊 #DCvsKKR
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3) April 28, 2022
Kuldeep Yadav in this match #KKRvDC pic.twitter.com/MjONcK3DZU
— Yash (@Yashrajput027) April 28, 2022
Oh, Kuldeep had an over left.
Weird!
— KSR (@KShriniwasRao) April 28, 2022
Kuldeep Yadav not finishing his quota will be one of the biggest mysteries this season. Four wickets in three overs. #IPL2022
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 28, 2022
Just saw Kuldeep hasn't bowled his fourth over. When Kolkata failed, Delhi had to avoid his fifer. 🌚 #IPL
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 28, 2022
#DC have had a very good first half. I am so enjoying watching Kuldeep bowl. Surely he had to bowl a 4th over. They should get these 2 points
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 28, 2022
Kuldeep against KKR pic.twitter.com/Botmj8sP47
— Tom Carpenter (@Carpo34) April 28, 2022