Kohli hints at playing Umesh in Australia

Indian captain Virat Kohli is highly impressed with pace bowler Umesh Yadav who picked ten wickets in the second Test against Windies. Kohli praised the pacer and has infact hinted that Umesh would be part of India’s playing XI for the highly anticipated Australia Test series.

Innings Break!

Windies all out for 127 in the second innings. @y_umesh registers his first 10-wkt haul in Tests.#TeamIndia require 72 runs to win the 2nd Test.

Chase coming up shortly #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/7YOu03pPoa

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 14, 2018

This is a standout performance in Umesh’s career: Kohli 

Umesh Yadav picked six wickets in the first innings and then claimed more four in the second innings. According to Kohli this was a standout performance in the pace bowler’s career and something that he can build on.

He also pointed out that with Shardul Thakur breaking down very early, to bowl like that in both innings was a great effort on his part. Kohli feels that this showed the kind of fitness levels he had as he kept running in and bowled 140 clicks throughout the game and picked wickets and not just completed overs.

Umesh right up there to be featuring in Australia: Kohli

While speaking about the Australia tour, the Indian captain said that four Tests in Australia can be brutal because the ball does not do much like in England. So bowlers have to come in and run in all day and hit the right area with pace. But Kohli thinks from that point of view, Umesh is right up there to be featuring in Australia.

Umesh Yadav becomes the first Indian pacer to take a six-wicket haul at home in this century in Tests. #INDvWI

— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) October 13, 2018

After Playing 118 Matches,

Finally Umesh Yadav Won His 1st Intl M.O.M Award

— CricBeat (@Cric_beat) October 14, 2018

Kohli also said that because Yadav has got the pace, he has got the fitness levels to run in all day and picks up wickets at crucial times and he gets good bounce as well, so it’s a great headache to have while selecting bowlers for Tests.

Kohli full of praise for Umesh 

The right hand batsman explained that not many people realise but Yadav is a very, very talented bowler. He admitted that Umesh can bowl you unplayable deliveries every now and then which they experience in the nets all the time.

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According to Kohli, he will just bowl a ball which you feel you couldn’t have done anything else except getting out. Kohli feels that he is gaining more confidence about his own game and has come a long way.

Extremely top effort from Umesh Yadav to take a ten-fer in a test at home. The fact that among fast bowlers only the greats Kapil Dev and Srinath have done it at home shows how rare a feat this is #INDvWI

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) October 14, 2018

Congratulations to @y_umesh for bagging the Man of the Match award for his 10 wickets across the two innings. ?? pic.twitter.com/J2F9FxyvX8

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 14, 2018

Special effort that by @y_umesh for his maiden ten wicket haul. Not that easy in India for a fast bowler. Well done ? #Ninja

— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) October 14, 2018

How brilliant @y_umesh,! What a fantastic effort today! Big congratulations on joining this elite club of taking 10 wickets in home test! #UmeshYadav

— Suresh Raina?? (@ImRaina) October 14, 2018

@y_umesh top notch bowling brother. What a spell on a dead wicket. Commendable performance and many more to come. Champions never quit . @BCCI

— Siddharthh Kaul (@iamsidkaul) October 14, 2018