On Sunday, the third day of the second Test being played between India and West Indies in Delhi, Team India bowled out the visiting team for 248 runs. During this period, left arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav was the most successful bowler for India. Kuldeep took 5 wickets in an innings of a test match for the fifth time. With this, he equaled the record of taking 5 wickets most number of times in Tests as a spinner. Apart from him, England’s Johnny Wardley has done this 5 times.
Let us tell you that Kuldeep Yadav’s record is much better than Johnny Wardley. He achieved this feat in half the Test against England’s spinners. Wardley opened his claws 5 times in 28 tests. Whereas Kuldeep did this in only 15 tests. South Africa’s Paul Adams is at number three. He took 5 wickets in an innings 4 times in 45 Tests.
Against West Indies in Delhi, Kuldeep took 5 wickets for 82 runs in 26.5 overs. Kuldeep took the first wicket on the second day on Saturday. He got Alik Athanaz caught by Ravindra Jadeja. He scored 41 runs. Kuldeep sent Sai Hope 36 and Tevin Imlach 21 to the pavilion in the first session on the third day.
After this Kuldeep sent Justin Greaves to the pavilion. He scored 17 runs. He took the fifth wicket in the form of Jayden Seals. He scored 13 runs. Kuldeep Yadav has taken 65 wickets in 27 innings of 15 matches in Tests at an average of 21.09 and economy of 3.52. 5 wickets for 40 runs is his best performance.