Sachin Tendulkar and former captain Sourav Ganguly led the applause as left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav drew all-round praise for his match-winning hat-trick against Australia in the second ODI here.
Kuldeep returned figures of three for 54, taking consecutive wickets of Mathew Wade, Ashton Agar and Pat Cummins in the 33rd over to become only the third Indian, after Chetan Sharma and Kapil Dev, to record the rare feat in ODI cricket.
“@imkuldeep18 & @yuzi_chahal didn’t just bowl well but actually spun the game in India’s favour! Superb batting @imVkohli & @ajinkyarahane88,” Tendulkar wrote on his twitter page.
Ganguly said: “It was a special spell. He bowled brilliantly. He still has a long way to go and is an asset for the team.”
Kuldeep’s IPL captain Gautam Gambhir was ecstatic with his performance.
“Colour of ur outfit may hav changed frm @KKRiders purple to @BCCI blue but d mystery around ur bowling remains d same....bravo @imkuldeep18,” his KKR captain Gautam Gambhir wrote on his Twitter page.
