‘Can’t be hit for a six over square-leg’
While Delhi Capitals lost by eight wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders at Delhi on Friday night, it was the sixth time that left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav failed to take any wicket for Delhi Capitals in a match in this IPL season. Yadav, who returned with figures of 41 for 0 in three overs on Friday, went wicket-less for the third successive time in IPL and currently has seven wickets at an average of 50.29 in nine innings this IPL. Former Indian wicket-keeper Deep Dasgupta believes Yadav should be bowling ‘fuller’ and should not give away runs with the batsman playing him from the back foot. “My thing with Kuldeep is you can’t be hit for a six over square-leg off a short ball and long-off or long-on. Yes, you will get hit. This is that kind of format. So I would rather have him be hit over mid-off or mid-on down the ground rather than square of the wicket or extra cover. You get hit off the front foot, it’s fair enough. But not …
