Kuldeep Yadav becomes the third fastest Indian to 100 ODI wickets

Kuldeep Yadav bowled a match-winning spell which helped India win the second ODI against Australia in Rajkot on Friday. During this magical spell which turned the match in India’s way, Kuldeep Yadav became the third-fastest Indian to reach the landmark of 100 ODI wickets.

The left-arm chinaman bowler reached the milestone in just his 58th match. The other two players who are ahead of the spinner on the list are Mohammad Shami and Jasprit Bumrah who achieved this feat in 57 and 56 matches respectively.

Kuldeep reaches 100 ODI wickets as he turns India’s fortune in Rajkot

Kuldeep Yadav was instrumental in India’s win 36-run win over the Aussies in a crucial match in Rajkot. Chasing 341, Australia was well on course in the chase at the 38-over mark with Steve Smith in his 90s. Kuldeep Yadav first dismissed Alex Carey and later got Smith out on 98 in the same over.

Carey’s wicket was Kuldeep’s 100th ODI scalp. After this over, Australia couldn’t lose their momentum and looked clueless. Kuldeep Yadav now has 101 wickets from 58 matches at an average of 25.5 with an economy of 5.02. He also has an impressive strike rate of 30.4. BCCI posted a tweet from their official account congratulating the young leggie. Here are some tweets on Kuldeep’s performance.

Two wickets in one Kuldeep Yadav over of Alex Carey and Steve Smith and we are right back into the game.@imkuldeep18 has unlocked another milestone as he gets to his 100 ODI wickets ?? pic.twitter.com/ZSTWbxJJUi

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 17, 2020

Tweets on Kuldeep

Kuldeep Yadav becomes the 3rd fastest Indian bowler to take 100 ODI wickets:

56 ODIs – Mohammed Shami
57 ODIs – Jasprit Bumrah
58 ODIs – Kuldeep Yadav

No bowler has taken more ODI wickets since Kuldeep Yadav made his debut in June 2017#kuldeepyadav @imkuldeep18#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/cVAdw8fl4N

— Atul Kumar Yadav (Yatul) (@Yatul76) January 17, 2020

Fewest ODIs to 100 wkts among spinners

44 Rashid Khan
53 Saqlain Mushtaq
58 Imran Tahir/ KULDEEP YADAV
60 Shane Warne
63 Ajanta Mendis

Second left-arm wrist spinner to reach the milestone after Brad Hogg.#INDvAUS

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) January 17, 2020

The double-strike of Carey and Smith was the 13th time Kuldeep Yadav has taken multiple wickets in an over in ODIs.

Since his debut no other has done it more.

Bowlers taking 2+ wickets in an over most times since Kuldeep Yadav's debut:

13 – Kuldeep
7 – Rashid
7 – Mustafizur

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 17, 2020

37.2 – Kuldeep gets Carey
37.5 – Kuldeep gets Smith

Some cool and deep bowling there. Kuldeep has turned this match around! ??

?? – 221/5 (38)#INDvAUS #OrangeArmy

— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) January 17, 2020

Fastest to 100 ODI wickets by Indian

56 Games: Shami
57 Games: Bumrah
58 Games: Kuldeep

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) January 17, 2020

? ODI wickets for spin wizard Kuldeep Yadav! ?

Congratulations on the milestone! ?#INDvAUS #KorboLorboJeetbo @imkuldeep18 pic.twitter.com/9N6IlQwejr

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) January 17, 2020

Record-breaker Kuldeep Yadav

Other than being the third fastest Indian to reach 100 ODI wickets, he is also the fastest spinner to do it. The previous record was held by Harbhajan Singh of 76 matches. He also became the joint-third fastest spinner to get 100 wickets. The record is held by Rashid Khan of 44 wickets. He also became only the second left-arm leg-spinner, after Brad Hogg to achieve this feat.

Kuldeep Yadav has been taking long strides in the one-day format since his arrival in international cricket in 2017. He has been key to India’s success as well by regularly picking up wickets for the middle overs, which was again the case in the second ODI. India will now take on Australia in the third and the final match in Bengaluru on January 19. The series is leveled at 1-1.