India has entered the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2024 by defeating Australia. India’s victory against Australia was not easy. Team India had scored 205 runs on the basis of Rohit Sharma’s innings of 92 runs.

The Australian batsmen were scoring runs quickly while chasing the target and the match was slipping out of the team’s hands. The innings of Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head were proving to be a threat to Team India but Kuldeep brought India back into the match by taking two big wickets at the right time.

Axar Patel took a brilliant catch of Mitchell Marsh on the boundary off Kuldeep Yadav’s ball, which became the turning point of the match. After this, Kuldeep clean bowled Maxwell, who was proving to be lethal, and from there India started making a comeback in the match.

Kuldeep Yadav bowled a match winning spell in a do or die match. Kuldeep Yadav gave 24 runs in his 4 overs and laid the foundation of India’s victory by taking the wickets of Mitchell Marsh and Glen Maxwell. In this tournament, whenever the captain handed the ball to Kuldeep Yadav, he took important wickets.

Cricket Journey of Kuldeep Yadav

Talking about Yadav’s cricket journey, commentator Aakash Chopra spoke about how Yadav, who was sitting on the bench for almost a year and wasn’t getting a chance, is now delivering match-winning performances.

Chopra said, “Kuldeep Yadav – there are different stories about him. Remember this is the same player who cried in the IPL. This is the same Kuldeep Yadav who was dropped from three formats and was benched for a year.”

“However, if you look at Kuldeep Yadav right now, you can see the performance in the entire Test series against England, the entire ODI World Cup and the last match or this match, he has been absolutely outstanding. He bowled four overs here and gave away only 24 runs and took two wickets, and who were those two victims – Mitchell Marsh and Glenn Maxwell. What a player. This is the rise and rise of Kuldeep Yadav.”