India spinner Kuldeep Yadav has admitted that he was a bit disappointed after missing out on playing “enough matches” for KKR in the last two seasons.
He was capped five times in the 2020 edition while only played nine matches in 2019.
"Personally I felt the 2020 IPL did not got well for me. I should have played more matches. I felt I was in pretty good rhythm, I was bowling well, but just that I did not get many overs. So, perhaps, if I got more opportunities then it would have been good. I am not saying that was the lowest, to be honest," he told ESPNcricinfo.
Kuldeep added that hard work in the key to success. "Even in 2019 I did not have a good IPL. Until you fail, you can't handle the pressure. Now I feel I understand things better - I have seen failure in my life now, so even if I don't perform, it will not be new. In cricket you can't perform at all times, but if you carry on doing the hard work, you create better chances to become successful."
The left-arm spinner didn’t get to play any match in the Test series in Australia. But he shared some insights about the way he had been working on his own bowling.
"I have had a lot of discussions with Arun sir and we have worked on that aspect a lot. At the time my pace was slow, around 77kph. The fastest I would get to would be 80kph at times. In the Australia tour in the nets I was getting a nice pace, close to 84-85kph, with good revolutions on the ball. That will help me on slower pitches," he said.
Kuldeep has played 45 IPL matches so far and has 40 dismissals to his name.
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