<p>Kuldeep Yadav’s novelty factor is slowly wearing off as batsmen are starting to read him better. Australian batsmen Shaun Marsh and Usman Khawaja, both good players of spin, have adopted an attacking approach to stop the chinaman bowler from settling into a good rhythm early on.</p>.<p>They’ve used their feet well and chanced their arm against Kuldeep, forcing him to rethink. Even in the opening ODI, Khawaja danced down the track and smacked Kuldeep for a six off his third ball. But Kuldeep didn’t switch to the defensive. He stuck to his guns, dared Khawaja to keep coming at him and eventually had the last laugh as he had the left-hander caught in the deep. That courage to keep tossing the ball up and enticing the batsmen to have crack at him has resulted in him bagging 79 wickets in just 40 ODIs at a brilliant average of 20.70.</p>.<p>Kuldeep felt with the amount of technology available now, batsmen will begin to read him better and the only way to survive is to stay on the offensive. “Sometimes the batsmen feel they have a good chance of attacking me. You can vary your pace and length at that time. When the batsmen are coming at you, you have more chances of getting him. I'm thinking the same way, taking the wicket, that's more important thing,” said Kuldeep on Monday.</p>.<p>“It’s been two years (now) I am playing international cricket and I have almost played 10-12 matches against Australia in one-day format. Nowadays, video analysis is there, it is very easy to pick any bowler… In Australia, Shaun Marsh was playing really well (against me) and they (team management) wanted to give (me) a break for a couple of games. After that, I saw his batting is good and Shaun Marsh plays spinners well, plays on front (foot). I watched a lot and planned accordingly how to bowl.”</p>.<p>Kuldeep, whose wicket-taking abilities have given a ruthless edge to the Indian bowling line-up, said he’s working hard on his batting in a bid to make himself more valuable. “Batting is important, be it in one-dayers or Test cricket. I am focussing more on batting, every session I am batting for 20 odd minutes. Batting is important because sometimes we get to bat in the last over and you need to win (games) with the bat, so my focus is there and I’m working with Sanjay sir (assistant coach Sanjay Bangar).”</p>
<p>Kuldeep Yadav’s novelty factor is slowly wearing off as batsmen are starting to read him better. Australian batsmen Shaun Marsh and Usman Khawaja, both good players of spin, have adopted an attacking approach to stop the chinaman bowler from settling into a good rhythm early on.</p>.<p>They’ve used their feet well and chanced their arm against Kuldeep, forcing him to rethink. Even in the opening ODI, Khawaja danced down the track and smacked Kuldeep for a six off his third ball. But Kuldeep didn’t switch to the defensive. He stuck to his guns, dared Khawaja to keep coming at him and eventually had the last laugh as he had the left-hander caught in the deep. That courage to keep tossing the ball up and enticing the batsmen to have crack at him has resulted in him bagging 79 wickets in just 40 ODIs at a brilliant average of 20.70.</p>.<p>Kuldeep felt with the amount of technology available now, batsmen will begin to read him better and the only way to survive is to stay on the offensive. “Sometimes the batsmen feel they have a good chance of attacking me. You can vary your pace and length at that time. When the batsmen are coming at you, you have more chances of getting him. I'm thinking the same way, taking the wicket, that's more important thing,” said Kuldeep on Monday.</p>.<p>“It’s been two years (now) I am playing international cricket and I have almost played 10-12 matches against Australia in one-day format. Nowadays, video analysis is there, it is very easy to pick any bowler… In Australia, Shaun Marsh was playing really well (against me) and they (team management) wanted to give (me) a break for a couple of games. After that, I saw his batting is good and Shaun Marsh plays spinners well, plays on front (foot). I watched a lot and planned accordingly how to bowl.”</p>.<p>Kuldeep, whose wicket-taking abilities have given a ruthless edge to the Indian bowling line-up, said he’s working hard on his batting in a bid to make himself more valuable. “Batting is important, be it in one-dayers or Test cricket. I am focussing more on batting, every session I am batting for 20 odd minutes. Batting is important because sometimes we get to bat in the last over and you need to win (games) with the bat, so my focus is there and I’m working with Sanjay sir (assistant coach Sanjay Bangar).”</p>
