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Watch: Kuldeep Yadav Stuns Alex Carey With Amazing Delivery. Steve Smith's Reaction Is Gold

The past few years have been tough for Kuldeep Yadav as the spinner has been in and out of the Indian cricket team. However, it left everyone stunned by a beauty of a delivery to dismiss Alex Carey during the third ODI encounter between India and Australia in Chennai on Wednesday. With the pitch providing assistance to spinners, Kuldeep pitched the ball on the leg stump and turned sharply to crash into Carey's off stump. The batsman was left completely bamboozled by the movement of the ball and even Australia skipper Steve Smith had to watch the replay to believe it.

"Very Fine Bowler": Rahul Dravid Laments Lack Of Games For 'Unfortunate' Spinner

The combination of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav was pivotal to India's team composition in white-ball cricket at one point of time. However, in the recent past, both spinners have somewhat fallen out of favour with Axar Patel and Washington Sundar coming into the team along with veteran options like Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin. During the press conference ahead of the third ODI encounter between India and Australia, head coach Rahul Dravid revealed the future plan regarding the two young talents and even lamented the lack of chances given to Chahal recently.

Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar Left Starstruck After Meeting Rajinikanth In Mumbai. See Pics

Superstar Rajinikanth was in attendance at the Wankhede Stadium during the first ODI between India and Australia on Friday. The cameras spotted him watching the game from the stands after which, several photos of him went viral on social media. India spinner Kuldeep Yadav and all-rounder Washington Sundar met the veteran actor, before leaving for Visakhapatnam, the venue for the second ODI that takes place on Sunday. Kuldeep took to Instagram to share a couple of photos of him with Rajinikanth.

Watch: Ishan Kishan, Mohammed Siraj And Other India Stars' Wild Holi Celebrations

The Indian team is enjoying the festival of Holi in the best way possible. As the start of the fourth and final Test against Australia nears, the team is giving its all on the training ground to end the series on a high. Meanwhile, the players are also making sure that they don't miss any moment to celebrate the famous Indian festival of Holi. On Tuesday, Shubman Gill uploaded a video on Instagram in which he with the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma could be seen celebrating Holi inside the team bus. Another video that followed was uploaded by Kuldeep Yadav in which he, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Axar Patel and Mohammed Siraj were seen involved in wild Holi celebrations.

DC IPL 2023 team squad complete list

Here is the full list of players bought by DC at the auction in Kochi on Friday.Bought: Mukesh Kumar (Rs 5.5 crore), Rilee Rossouw (Rs 4.6 crore), Manish Pandey (Rs 2.4 crore), Ishant Sharma (Rs 50 lakh), Phil Salt (Rs 2 crore)

Hardik Pandya To Lead In NZ T20Is; Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan Get Maiden Test Call Ups

The BCCI on Friday announced Team India's squads for the upcoming white-ball series against New Zealand, as well as the first Two Tests against Australia. Hardik Pandya will lead the team in the T20I series against New Zealand, while Rohit Sharma will take charge of the team for the ODIs against the Blackcaps, as well as the four-match Test sereies against Australia. Prithvi Shaw, following his excellent run with the bat in the domestic circuit, was recalled to the side for the New Zealand T20Is, while Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan received maiden Test call ups.

"It Was Right Decision": KL Rahul Stands By Call To Drop Kuldeep Yadav Despite Criticism

Stand-in skipper KL Rahul on Sunday admitted that India missed the services of left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the second innings but said he has "no regret" about leaving him out of the final Test against Bangladesh. Fresh from his match-winning show in India's 188-run win in the Chattogram Test, Kuldeep was benched for an extra seamer in Jaydev Unadkat, a decision which was slammed by the likes of Sunil Gavaskar. "I don't regret the decision. It was the right decision. If you look at the wickets, our fast bowlers too have taken many wickets and they had a lot of assistance. There was a lot of inconsistent bounce," Rahul said defending his decision at the post-match media interaction.

"Kuldeep Yadav Should Stop Taking Man Of The Match Awards": Harbhajan Singh Explains Why

Kuldeep Yadav's shocking exclusion from the Indian team for the second Test against Bangladesh after his last match heroics has made Harbhajan Singh wonder if the left-arm wrist spinner "would be better off" if he is not winning 'player of the match' awards. Kuldeep, who made a return to Test cricket after 22 months, took a match haul of eight wickets including a career-best 5/40 and scored 40 crucial runs only to be dropped for the ongoing second game in Mirpur to accommodate Saurashtra seamer Jaydev Unadkat in the playing eleven.

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Watch: Kuldeep Yadav Stuns Alex Carey With Amazing Delivery. Steve Smith's Reaction Is Gold

"Very Fine Bowler": Rahul Dravid Laments Lack Of Games For 'Unfortunate' Spinner

Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar Left Starstruck After Meeting Rajinikanth In Mumbai. See Pics

Watch: Ishan Kishan, Mohammed Siraj And Other India Stars' Wild Holi Celebrations

DC IPL 2023 team squad complete list

Hardik Pandya To Lead In NZ T20Is; Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan Get Maiden Test Call Ups

"It Was Right Decision": KL Rahul Stands By Call To Drop Kuldeep Yadav Despite Criticism

"Kuldeep Yadav Should Stop Taking Man Of The Match Awards": Harbhajan Singh Explains Why