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#3 Narendra Hirwani feels a few tweaks would help Kuldeep Yadav

Hirwani believes Kuldeep will have to work on his variations to regain his white-ball form.

Former Indian leg-spinner Narendra Hirwani believes that struggling Indian leggie Kuldeep Yadav doesnn't require much alteration in his bowling and just needs to attack the stumps at better lengths.

He further stated that Yadav only needs a good balance, a mix of traditional leg-spin and different varieties in the same over to get his groove back again. Yadav was played quite easily by Aaron Finch and David Warner which put the leggie in a spot of bother going ahead in the series.

“I didn’t see any glaring weakness where he has to go and work for months. There is the need to be a bit smarter with his lengths, a mindset to attack more, and a few tweaks.”

“Kuldeep’s best bet is to concentrate on the extent of spin and dip. I am not talking like some old-timer – flight it high, but just over the eye-line. And also not every ball. Let him keep varying it but there should be enough of such balls in the spell."

“If you can keep varying your pace and trajectory, and get enough revolutions on the ball, the batsmen can have the doubt what the next ball would do. There can be a little delay in his reaction – just a little bit as these are all very good batsmen – but that slight delay can work.

" The batsman tries to kill the turn but if there is doubt, his movements would be a little slower and that fraction of a second is the key for a spinner.”

Full article: India vs Australia 2020: Narendra Hirwani feels a few tweaks would help Kuldeep Yadav to regain his white-ball form