India vs Sri Lanka Series – Do or Die for Yuzvendra Chahal & Kuldeep Yadav: Team India’s spin twins Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav head into the series against Sri Lanka with their careers on the line as they look to force their way into reckoning again. Will ‘KulCha’ strike again & survive these tough times – or will their partnership collapse forever? All will be decided in the India-Sri Lanka 3 Match ODI & 3 Match T20 Series.
India vs Sri Lanka LIVE: Why it is make or break for Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav?
India vs Sri Lanka – Will Chahal, Kuldeep survive? Team India adopted their wrist-spinner strategy after their 2017 Champions Trophy debacle, right until the 2019 World Cup, with Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal reaping rewards. The duo were highly successful in tandem, picking up wickets regularly in the middle overs, and in fact, were the highest wicket-takers in all ODI cricket between the two ICC events.
Chahal, Kuldeep Hey Days –
- During the time span, Kuldeep Yadav picked up 87 wickets in just 44 games, with an average of 21.74 and an economy of fewer than five runs per over.
- Chahal meanwhile scalped 66 wickets in 38 games, at an average of 25.68 and an economy of 5.01 runs per over.
- The spin twins, as they were hailed, started the 2019 World Cup on a bright note, featuring in Team India’s first six matches at the 2019 World Cup. However, in the game against England, both Kuldeep and Chahal were taken to the cleaners at Edgabastoopn, as they went for a combined 160 in their 20 overs with just one wicket.
- Since then the things have been downhill for the spin-duo.
India vs Sri Lanka – The Downfall of ‘KULCHA’
Since then, the duo hasn’t played a game together, with either of the two playing alongside a spin-bowling all-rounder in either Ravindra Jadeja or Krunal Pandya. Their form has also drastically dropped since then, with both Chahal and Kuldeep coming into the tour of Sri Lanka fighting for a place in the XI, and not sureshot starters as was the case 24 months ago.
- Chahal’s magic gone? Chahal has played five ODIs since the World Cup, picking up eight wickets, but his average has shot up to 37.12, while his economy rate is 6.45. I
- n 17 T20Is, he has picked up 16 wickets, with an average of 37.68 and an economy rate of 9.13, a far cry from his numbers of previous numbers.
- Kuldeep Yadav form completely lost: Since the World Cup, Kuldeep Yadav average has risen to a whopping 58 per wicket.
- He has only picked 12 wickets in 12 games since the World Cup.
- His economy has also risen above 6, which was previously below 5 runs per over.
- Yadav has played three T20Is in the last two years, picking up four wickets, but his economy has shot up to a staggering 10.37.
India vs Sri Lanka: Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav stare at do or die series for comeback, will ‘KulCha’ survive?
India vs Sri Lanka – BCCI’s new found two team theory has again brought Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal together.
According to the information available with InsideSport.co, team management at-least once will field them together during the series. Can they find their mojo again?
If not it will be curtains for KULCHA forever – as Krunal Pandya, Varun Chakravarthy, Krishnappa Gowthan and Rahul Chahar all are waiting in the wings and ready to pounce on their positions.