Kuldeep Yadav attacks BCCI curator in post-match presentation, exposes Delhi’s pathetic surface
Chinese left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav was declared player of the match for his tremendous spell which included five wickets in the first innings. However, this snubbed Yashasvi Jaiswal from his POTM despite his spectacular innings of 175 in the first innings.
India began its ICC World Test Championship in 2025 with the much-anticipated and exciting competition between India and England. The two giants of the game played on English soil after many years and the series ended neck and neck. The score ended 2-2, as the two captains, Shubman Gill and Ben Stokes, shared the trophy.
India then returned to red-ball action at home after losing the previous Test series at home against New Zealand. This time, the 2 match home series featured West Indies alongside India. India dominated the Windies, as they registered a comfortable victory by a margin of 2-0.
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Kuldeep Yadav was declared Player of the Match for his superb run on the Delhi flat track
Chinese left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav was named player of the match for the second Test in Delhi. The bowler was chosen from the Indian batters who pushed their big daddy hundreds, as the pitch did not have much to offer the bowlers.
Even Kuldeep Yadav, who took 8 wickets in the match, admitted that the pitch had no action for the spinners as the conditions were quite difficult to bowl. He also revealed how much he enjoyed bowling in Ahmedabad despite the lack of wickets on that turf.
“It was a totally different wicket. Bowling a lot of overs was the challenge here, I enjoyed bowling here. There was no drift here. The wicket was too dry,” Kuldeep Yadav said.
“Playing a lot of overs and getting the breakthrough is something I enjoy a lot. When you rev up a lot, you usually get the drift. You like to play the batter. I enjoyed a few wickets in the first Tests here too,” Kuldeep Yadav’s honest verdict on the challenges of picking wickets at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
India emerge with longest unbeaten streak against West Indies
India were the superior team in Ahmedabad as well as Delhi with India’s best players scoring runs at regular intervals. Dhruv Jurel, KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja all scored a hundred each in the series.
Shubman Gill and KL Rahul remain the only two batters to have a century and a half to their name. Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah took 12, 10, 8 and 7 wickets respectively.
“The one thing you’re always looking for is how to make your team win a game. And as a batsman, when I go out there, that’s the only thought I have,” skipper Shubman Gill said after India’s victory.
From captain to coach: Darren Sammy extends losing streak in India
Currently, with the recent series defeat against India on home soil, the West Indian team, led by Roston Chase, has extended their losing streak against India to 6 between 2013 and 2025.
The losing streak started in 2013, when the current West Indies coach, Darren Sammy, was the captain of the West Indies team.
Now, under his reign as West Indies coach, they have lost two more matches in India, and before that, they had suffered a humiliating defeat against Australia on home soil. The Windies have already lost 5 matches in the 2025-27 WTC cycle.
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