Kuldeep Yadav set for Yorkshire stint across One-Day Cup and County Championship
Author: Vishnu Reddy
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Kuldeep Yadav will make a maiden county stint with Yorkshire, starting with five 50-over matches in the One-Day Cup between July 24 and August 2 before returning in September for three of the final four County Championship fixtures. He could debut as early as Friday against Glamorgan at The Gnoll Cricket Ground in Neath, Wales.
Yorkshire announced Kuldeep on Wednesday, July 22, and said he has joined the club for five Metro Bank One Day Cup games and three Rothesay County Championship fixtures. In a statement, Kuldeep said: “I’m really pleased to be joining Yorkshire and grateful for this opportunity. It will be a real privilege to represent a club with Yorkshire’s proud history.”
He added: “I’ve always enjoyed the challenge of playing in English conditions and, after speaking with the management, I became really excited to join the team. I’m looking forward to making a positive contribution during my time at Headingley.”
Kuldeep was not included in India’s playing XI for any of the three matches in the recently concluded ODI series against England, and he also didn’t feature in any of the ten white-ball games on the tour of Ireland and England, which ended with the final ODI at Lord’s last Sunday. India’s decision to bench him, even after an injury to Washington Sundar, raised eyebrows.
Yorkshire Welcome Indian International's Spin Quality
Gavin Hamilton, Yorkshire’s General Manager of Cricket, said: “Kuldeep is an accomplished, international-quality player who will add incredible strength to our lineup for these blocks of fixtures.” He added: “Given the dry summer we’ve experienced, we expect spin to play an important role during the closing stages of the season. Kuldeep gives us another dimension with his left-arm wristspin and brings a wealth of experience at the highest level.”
Kuldeep has played 18 Tests, 121 ODIs and 54 T20Is for India. He has 79 wickets in 18 Tests at an average of 22.35, and 194 wickets in 121 ODIs with a best of 6 for 25. He last featured in the one-off Test against Afghanistan in June. In England, he has made one red-ball appearance, the Lord’s Test in 2018, where he bowled only nine overs, and has taken 15 wickets in 10 ODIs.
He is the second active India spinner to feature in the County Championship this season. Left-arm spinner Manav Suthar, who debuted with a Player of the Match performance against Afghanistan in June, is currently representing Warwickshire.
When he debuts, Kuldeep will also become the fifth Indian to represent Yorkshire after Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Cheteshwar Pujara and Mayank Agarwal. Ruturaj Gaikwad had signed for Yorkshire in 2025 but pulled out for personal reasons.
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